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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (232718)	5/14/2005 3:01:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574262

When is comes to enforcing immigration laws Bush and McCain are just as bad as the Dems... I wouldn't be so sure.......under Clinton, the INS was at full manpower on the Mexican border for at least a couple of years. They were actually becoming effective. Here's an excellent synopsis of events from back in 1995-95......although I think the author may be pro immigration, it still tells the story. In any case, I really thought the actions taken in the 1990s would do the trick. I don't get what's happened since then: Voters, Budgets, Governments and Laws: Racism Reinstitutionalized Nov. 8, 1994: California voters pass anti-immigrant ballot initiative Proposition 187 by 59% to 41%. Out of 58 counties, Prop 187 is defeated in only eight, all of which are in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prop 187 is an initiative statute whose provisions remain state law unless disapproved by a two-thirds vote of the California Legislature or by another initiative. The measure's most controversial provisions would require teachers to report to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) about students suspected of having illegal immigration status, and would require doctors and other health care providers to deny care to anyone who could not prove their legal residency in the US. (Migration News Vol. 1 #11, December 1994) Dec. 2: INS Commissioner Doris Meissner announces that the government has approved new regulations on immigration. The measures will allow 3,000 Cuban children held at the US naval base at Guantánamo to have their applications for entry into the US considered on a case-by-case basis; will allow the suspension of deportations of Salvadoran immigrants to lapse as scheduled on Dec. 31 [this deadline is later postponed]; will stop granting work permits to asylum applicants and will take steps to speed up processing of asylum cases, while cancelling a plan to charge asylum applicants a $130 fee. (ED-LP 12/4/94 from AP) Jan. 19, 1995: Cuba and the US end two days of talks on the subject of immigration; both parties feel progress has been made. The talks are a followup to a September agreement in which Cuba promised to stop uncontrolled migration and the US agreed to issue at least 20,000 visas each year for Cubans. (NYT 1/20/95 from Reuter) On the same day, 18 Cubans -- five of whom are children 6-13 years old --land on Miami Beach, marking the first successful illegal crossing from Cuba to the US since August, when the US government changed its policy and ended automatic asylum for Cubans. The Cubans remain in Border Patrol custody while a decision is made about whether they will be released or taken to an INS holding center. (WP 1/20/95) Feb. 5: Miami Herald reports that two Florida groups are collecting signatures with the aim of putting an anti- immigration measure -- similar to Prop 187 -- on the state ballot in November 1996. One group calling itself "Save Our State" is based in Orlando; a group called Floridians for Immigration Control holds monthly meetings in suburban Fort Lauderdale. (WP 2/6/95 from news services) Feb. 6: The Clinton administration proposes a $1 billion increase in the budget to reinforce the border with Mexico and fight illegal immigration. With the increase, the total proposed immigration budget would reach $3.6 billion in 1996. The budget includes funds to help states with the cost of maintaining foreign prisoners serving sentences in the US. (ED-LP 2/7/95 from Notimex) Included in the budget is a proposal for a border crossing fee on the Canadian and Mexican borders. The administration says the fees would raise $400 million a year to help ward off illegal immigration; critics say they will suppress tourism and trade. (NYT 2/8/95) Feb. 22: Clinton administration announces it has given up on a national plan to charge border-crossing fees of $1.50 per person and $3 per vehicle; the funds would have paid for hiring more INS personnel and improving facilities at border crossings. Instead, the administration plans to give individual states the option of charging such fees. The INS will then direct more of its funds to states which choose this option. (WP 2/23/95; NYT 3/23/95) Mar. 25: Miami Spanish-language daily Diario Las Américas reports that Florida state representative Carlos Lacasa (R-Miami) has introduced an amendment that effectively blocks a proposed state law that would have cut services to out-of- status immigrants. The amendment establishes a 13-member commission charged with studying the problem of the improper use of public funds for out-of-status foreigners; the commission has until January 1996 to come up with specific recommendations. (DLA 3/25/95) Mar. 28: New York state senator Frank Padavan presents several proposed state laws similar to Prop 187. (ED-LP 3/30/95) A group of 36 municipal councilpeople from New York City send a letter to the New York State Senate protesting a proposed state law under which schools would be required to report out-of-status students to the INS for deportation. (ED-LP 3/29/95 from EFE) Mar. 30: US Rep. Bill Bilbray (R-CA), a key promoter of Prop 187 and a close ally of California governor Wilson, presents a congressional bill that would change the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prevent children born in the US from receiving automatic citizenship. Bilbray's proposal is to be incorporated into the immigration reform project being promoted by the Republican majorities in Congress. (ED-LP 3/31/95 from Notimex) May 5: The Clinton administration sends Congress its plan to impose a border tariff for all people entering the US from Canada or Mexico. The plan sent to Congress includes half of the proposed tariff of $3 per vehicle and $1.50 per pedestrian; the other half of the tariffs is to be included in an appropriations request to the Customs Service. (ED-LP 5/7/95 from AP) June 7: White House welcomes a recommendation by the Commission on Immigration Reform, a bipartisan federal advisory panel chaired by former representative Barbara Jordan (D-TX), to cut legal immigration by one-third. President Clinton tells Jordan he will support the cuts, which would represent the biggest change in immigration policy in over 40 years. (NYT 6/8/95, WP 6/8/95) June 21: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) formally introduces a bill in the US House of Representatives that would cut legal immigration by about a third and the entry of refugees by half; require employers to call the government to check applicants social security numbers; increase Border Patrol agents to 10,000; build two new fences along California border with Mexico; institute fines for illegal entry into the US; and limit appeals by immigrants facing deportation. (NYT 6/22/95) continued............ home.earthlink.net These guys are undermining the country. I don't understand why they dropped the ball. It seems everyone pretty much agrees that there is too much illegal immigration but no one does anything about it.