Thanks for documenting that as far back as this the republicans have sat on their asses and did nothing about immigration.
Originally Posted by i'va biggen
Oh like it are not, it has truly been a non-partisan non-effort for years.Both sides suck at dealing correctly with this issue.
By the way, your opinion is not entirely correct because the "Gipper" really zinged home when congress and he provided amnesty to 3 million" Illegal Tresspassers" during his wonder years. Even when it was wrong, the republicans did do the Illegal Alien Amnesty bit. Just see the clip below.
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Acronyms (colloquial)IRCANicknamesSimps on–Mazzoli ActEnacted bythe
99th United States CongressEffectiveSigned into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986CitationsPublic Law
Pub.L. 99–603Statutes at Large100
Stat. 3445Legislative history- Introduced in the Senate as S. 1200 by Alan K. Simpson on May 23, 1985
- Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary, Senate Budget
- Passed the Senate on September 19, 1985 (69–30)
- Passed the House on October 9, 1986 (voice vote after incorporating H.R. 3810, passed 230–166)
- Reported by the joint conference committee on October 14, 1986; agreed to by the House on October 15, 1986 (238–173) and by the Senate on October 17, 1986 (63–24)
- Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986
The
Immigration Reform and Control Act (
IRCA),
Pub.L. 99–603, 100
Stat. 3445, enacted November 6, 1986, also known as the
Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986, is an
Act of Congress which reformed
United States immigration law. The Act