Please, no more amnesties — ever

Published 9:46 am Tuesday, March 8, 2016

We were told only one amnesty in 1986, but we have had seven more since that time. Please, no more, ever! Enough!

There have been multiple amnesties:

• The amnesty of 1986 was supposed to be a “one-time only” amnesty. Yet, since 1986 Congress passed a total of seven amnesties for illegal aliens:

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• The Immigration and Reform Control Act Amnesty of 1986 — the “one-time only” blanket amnesty for some 2.8 million illegal aliens.

• Section 245(I) The Amnesty of 1994: a temporary rolling amnesty created in 1994.

• Section 245(I) The Extension of Amnesty of 1997: an extension of the rolling amnesty created in 1994.

• The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act Amnesty of 1997: an amnesty for nearly one million illegal aliens from Central America.

• The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Amnesty of 1998: an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.

• The Late Amnesty of 2000: an amnesty for approximately 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed they should have been amnestied under the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act.

• The LIFE Act Amnesty of 2000: a reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(I) amnesty to an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens.

For more information visit www.theamericanresistance.com/issues/amnesty.html.

 

Paul Westrum

Albert Lea