Illegal immigrants have been granted seven amnesties

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As our legislators work on their immigration reform bill that will remove U. S. sovereignty from the hands of its true citizens remember that it will create citizenship for more people like this- www.examiner.com/article/houston-man-receives-prison-time-for-witness-intimidation-and-drug-trafficking


And that number of 11 million illegal immigrants that they keep saying are present in the U. S. today, that’s the same number that they said was here illegally in July 2006.

The amnesty that was created in 1986 also had a plan designed to stop employment of your legal immigrants by requiring employers to check the identity and work eligibility documents of all employees to ensure lawful immigration status – how has that been working out.

In 1986, then Senator Alan Simpson stated  “I firmly believe that the one-time only legalization program is not only a good policy, it is good sense, and it is fully in the best interest of this country.”

Since then illegal immigrants have been granted six more amnesties:

The Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA) Amnesty of 1986 – the “one-time only” blanket amnesty for (supposedly) some 2.8 million illegal aliens.

• 1. Section 245(i) The Amnesty of 1994 – a temporary rolling amnesty for 578,000 illegal aliens. 2. Section 245(i) The Extension Amnesty of 1997 – an extension of the rolling amnesty created in 1994. 
• 3. The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) Amnesty of 1997 – an amnesty for nearly one million illegal aliens from Central America. 
• 4. The Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act Amnesty (HRIFA) of 1998 – an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti. 
• 5. The Late Amnesty of 2000 – an amnesty for approximately 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed they should have been amnestied under the 1986 IRCA amnesty. 
• 6. The LIFE Act Amnesty of 2000 – a reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty to an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. 

Can you call the reform there working on today anything but another amnesty plan?

Easter Bunny Inc. Obama to give 800,000 illegal immigrants who came to U.S. as children work permits and halt deportations (15 June 2012) .. (Photo credit: marsmet481)

 
Words of yesterday are still being used today – why is that?

Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986. The act made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit illegal immigrants, required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, and granted amnesty to approximately three million illegal immigrants who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1982, and had lived in the country continuously.  Critics argue that the employer sanctions were without teeth and failed to stem illegal immigration.[218] Upon signing the act at a ceremony held beside the newly refurbished Statue of Liberty, Reagan said, "The legalization provisions in this act will go far to improve the lives of a class of individuals who now must hide in the shadows, without access to many of the benefits of a free and open society.  Very soon many of these men and women will be able to step into the sunlight and, ultimately, if they choose, they may become Americans."[219] Reagan also said,  "The employer sanctions program is the keystone and major element.  It will remove the incentive for illegal immigration by eliminating the job opportunities which draw illegal aliens here."

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