Clinton wanted the votes:
Injustice for All
An Excerpt from Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment
October 2000
by David Schippers
In October 1996, in one of the first public accounts of this matter, former Center Senior Fellow Rosemary Jenks testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration about many of the abuses surrounding the Citizenship USA program.
Ms. Jenks concluded that due to pressure from the White House, and in particular the Vice Presidents office, the Immigration and Naturalization Service disregarded many of the requirements of the naturalization process that ensure that only qualified immigrants with no significant criminal history may become citizens. (snip)
Ha! I knew those dirty rats had something to blame. Clinton destruction legacy!