1) those who could show that they had
resided illegally in the United States continuously since at least
January 1, 1982; and
2) those who had worked as
agricultural workers for at least 90 days between May 1, 1985 and
May 1, 1986.
Ted Kennedy Immigration Reform Remarks 1965 (+) This Act led by
him, is the foundation of the 1986 Amnesty and the present national
security crisis caused by nation destroying illegal
immigration invasion
As much as American love and appreciate the
late US President, Ronald Wilson Reagan for most of his domestic
conservative and especially his foreign policies, the 1986 Amnesty
to illegal aliens was/is perhaps, the "death nail" of the United
States, because it directly destroys the Constitutional Mandate of
the UNFINISHED BUSINESS with the Emancipated Slaves that this "New Nation"
contractually has with GOD, through the Declaration of Independence.
The late President, Abraham Lincoln says at
Gettysburg on November 19,1863 that "It
is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work
which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining
before us;"
The Reagan Amnesty, more than all the antics of
the Ku Klux Klan from 1866 until now, which is the terror arm of the
Democratic Party designed specifically
to end or impede the advancement of the Emancipated Slaves into full
"equal justice under the law" US citizenship "as is enjoyed by White
citizens" according the edicts of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the
progenitor of the 14th Amendment.
The Simposn-Mazzoli Act, commonly known as
the Reagan Amnesty, directly obstructed the unfinished business of
the American Dream which was to:
*
emancipate the slaves that the United States
inherited from the British Empire, July 4,1776;
*
bring them into full citizenship as a
beacon of light and hope to immigrants fleeing to America from
various forms of tyranny
* to
import the ideals of the American Dream into their native lands
around the earth.
Legislative background and
description
Romano L. Mazzoli was a Democratic
representative from Kentucky and
Alan K. Simpson was a Republican
senator from Wyoming who chaired their respective immigration
subcommittees in Congress. Their effort was assisted by the recommendations of
the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Rev.
Theodore Hesburgh, then President of the
University of Notre Dame.
The law criminalized the act of knowingly hiring an
illegal immigrant and established
financial and
other penalties for those employing
illegal aliens under the theory that low
prospects for
employment would reduce illegal
immigration. It introduced the
I-9 form to ensure that all employees
presented documentary proof of their legal eligibility to accept employment in
the United States.
These sanctions would only apply to
employers that had more than three employees and that did not make a sufficient
effort to determine the legal status of their workers.
The first Simpson-Mazzoli Bill was
reported out of the House of Senate Judiciary Committees. The bill failed to be
received by the House, however, where civil rights advocates were concerned over
the potential for abuse and discrimination against Hispanics, growers' groups
rallied for additional provisions for foreign labor, and the Chamber of Commerce
persistently opposed sanctions against employers.
The second Simpson-Mazzoli Bill finally
passed both houses in 1985, but it came apart in the conference committee over
the issue of cost. This year marked an important turning point for the reform
effort.
First,
employer opposition to
employer sanctions
began to subside, placated at least in part by the "affirmative defense" clause
in the law which explicitly releases employers from any obligation to check the
authenticity of documents presented to them.
Second,
agricultural employers shifted their focus from opposition to employer sanctions
to a concerted campaign to secure alternative sources of foreign labor. As
opposition to employer sanctions waned and growers' lobbying efforts for
extensive temporary worker programs intensified, agricultural worker programs
began to outrank employer sanctions component as the most controversial element
of reform.
The following year, Senator Simpson
reintroduced the bill that Congressional opponents were now calling "The Monster
from the Blue Lagoon". By September, this Senate version had already passed.
The Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 (IRCA) was enacted by Congress in response to the large
and rapidly growing illegal alien population in the United States.
The final bill was the result of a
dramatic compromise between those who wanted to reduce illegal
immigration into the United States and those who wanted to "wipe the
slate clean" for those illegals already living here by granting them
legal residence. As enacted, IRCA included a massive amnesty program
for two main categories of illegal aliens:
1) those who could show that they
had resided illegally in the United States continuously since at
least January 1, 1982; and
2) those who had worked as
agricultural workers for at least 90 days between May 1, 1985 and
May 1, 1986.
As a "balance" to this huge
amnesty, IRCA also included several provisions designed to:
strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws (including sanctions
for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens); increase border
controls; and create a program to verify the immigration status of
aliens applying for certain welfare benefits.
Ted Kennedy Immigration Remarks 1965 President
Johnson Immigration Remarks
Effect upon
the labor market
According to one study, the IRCA caused
some employers to discriminate against workers who appeared foreign, resulting
in a small reduction in overall Hispanic employment.
Another study stated that if hired, wages were being lowered to compensate
employers for the perceived risk of hiring foreigners.
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