The above is the index.
With the MINOR exception of retroactivity of the impact of pre1996 convictions and some other minor cases, the law has stood the test of the courts.
You will find Arlen Specter was pro-illegal alien even then.
I will provide additional links below.
Not my words below but the changes were as follows: """ These changes in immigration law occurred:
a distinction was introduced for the purpose of this relief between applicants who were lawful permanent residents and those with no legal status in the United States;
renamed deportation proceedings and exclusion proceedings as "removal proceedings";
major changes to the immigration consequences of criminal cases;
mandatory detention for immigrants convicted of certain crimes;
a permanent bar to permanent residence for those who falsely claimed to be U.S. citizens;
authorization for the U.S. Attorney General to hire at least 1,000 new Border Patrol agents and 300 new support personnel each year from 1997-2001
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I will include a few choice commentaries from Congressment below.
Again, the congressional record provides EXCELLENT research to expose the scams and hipocracy of the current amnesty bill in the works.
Comparing and contrasting the 1996 law with the 2007 law shows how this "comprehensive reform" is more comprehensive relaxation of the law.
more below.
PDF of the law signed on sept 30.
go to page 547 of the PDF.
IMMIGRATION REFORM (Senate - September 28, 1996)
Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, let me just relate a bit about the immigration legislation which is now on its way to us in the continuing resolution. After negotiations until about 2 a.m. two nights ago and then until this morning until 4:30 a.m., if I look bright and alert it is deceptive in every sense. One of my staff, John Knepper, a fine young man, spent all night here and all morning. We finally turned him back to his home in a zombie-like condition and thank him so much for his splendid work last night and this morning.
In the course of dealing with this huge bill, a very significant bill with regard to illegal immigration , we all were confronted with the reality that the purpose of leaders is to lead. Our leaders wanted to complete this session and do it this weekend. To do that, there were accommodations of varying degrees, obviously. Some disappointments, some victories, some defeats. We all know that feeling as we wind down a legislative year. It is the time when much can happen, and if one is not observing carefully, things are slid into a bill and things are slid out of a bill. We all, then, go home and say, `Wait, what happened here?’ Or, `Well, we got that in.’ That is the way legislating is, too.
I thought that the leadership, in pressing forward to meet the schedule that they set for themselves and the bipartisan way
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Another member of the subcommittee is Dianne Feinstein. Senator Feinstein is a remarkable woman. It has been a great pleasure to work with her on illegal and legal immigration matters, and to see her learn the issues. The issues of immigration are emotion, fear, guilt, and racism. The only way to do it is to wipe those people away who talk like that and move on into the issue as it really is. Brush away emotion, fear, guilt, and racism. She has done that, and she is good.
Next year, either she or Senator Kyl will be the chairman of the subcommittee. If I may make a partisan statement, I hope it will be Senator Kyl because he would be, of course, the Republican majority member. If not, then Senator Feinstein will be the Chair. But either way, America will gain from these two people. They work together very well. They worked on the fence issue, on other issues in conference, and they have a duality of interest and regard and trust for each other. You can’t do this work without an element of trust.
So as I then finish
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Ping
EVERYTHING the WH is promising is ALREADY LAW, they are just giving us what we already have. (see 1984: your 20 gram chocolate ration is now raised to 20 grams)
This is the 1996 law which passed the senate with all but 2 votes.
They enacted fences,
they complemented their bipartisanship,
Specter was still a pain,
They put in exclusions,
everything they are saying they put in the current bill.
They are attempting to sell us our own “used car”.
These comments are all from http//www.thomas.gov under the acts name and the 104 congress.
A lot more useful would be the federal statutes that made it a crime to enforce any of those provisions.
Don't you think?
There's something Khafkaesque about the posturing of the stupidity crowd which arranged to make it illegal for employers to challenge stolen identities and false documents, to allow communities everywhere to forbid the enforcement of those laws, and actually to allow them to build 'employment centers' for them, and then claim with the next breath that there's no way to manage the problem other than to make the existing criminals legal and invite 20,000,000 more to come over and enjoy the large pool of victims.
thanks for your work on this
Thanks.
Probably true, if one has unlimited time and no other life.
I would think that 5000 interested citizens shouldn't have to invent the wheel separately, so to speak, and that collective pooling of critical data can be found (or links to them) at some central place.
For instance, before any new law is adopted, there is extensive debate. Are these debates part of the Congressional Record? Can we identify the claims or promises made that were 100% wrong, but are being repeated today?
All of those debates are important.
Being able to accuse Ted Kennedy of being a liar, a drunk and an idiot, and being able to back it up using his own words in the Congressional Record would be an effective tool to increase the 80% of Americans who are presently opposed to this so-called "reform".
Can we deport 10,000,000 illegals?
Not if we never try.
Can we deport 50,000,000 five years from now?
Can we stop the eventual shooting war?
Si se Puede!
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
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