[Rick_Michael]

Looks like ignore me legislation for illegals.

[dennisw]

 

Amnesty: n. a decision by a government to forgive people who have committed particular illegal acts or crimes.
        --Cambridge Dictionary of American English

History of U.S. Amnesties

 

Until 1986, the United States had never forgiven the act of illegal immigration in other than individual cases and had never rewarded large numbers of illegal aliens with the opportunity for U.S. citizenship.

Congress has passed 7 amnesties for illegal aliens, starting in 1986.

1. Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA) Amnesty, 1986: A blanket amnesty for some 2.7 million illegal aliens.
   
2. Section 245(i) Amnesty, 1994: A temporary rolling amnesty for 578,000 illegal aliens.
   
3. Section 245(i) Extension Amnesty, 1997: An extension of the rolling amnesty created in 1994.
   
4. Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) Amnesty, 1997: An amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America.
   
5. Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Amnesty (HRIFA), 1998: An amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.
   
6. Late Amnesty, 2000: An amnesty for some illegal aliens who claim they should have been amnestied under the 1986 IRCA amnesty, an estimated 400,000 illegal aliens.
   
7. LIFE Act Amnesty, 2000: A reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty, an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens.
   
8. Nine current bills are vying to be Amnesty No. 8.

See more information at www.NumbersUSA.com.