Continuing Amnesty, Refugees Real and Imagined
John W. Slagle
January 31, 2006
The 1980-1992 El Salvadorian Civil War created thousands of illegal entries along the southwest borders. Some were legitimate refugees but most entered for economic reasons, such as jobs. There were also criminal elements, suspected members of the MS-13. All who requested political Asylum due to fear of death or persecution were usually granted a stay of deportation by Immigration Judges.
The Chinese Asylum bill was passed by Congress in 1989 due to the (one child per family) and forced sterilization policy in China to control population growth. Human trafficking organizations in China soon had a supply of people who were loaded on "rusty" sea going freighters to container cargo ships. The criminal cadres supplied information on obtaining public assistance, names of Immigration lawyers to false document sales. The average price for ocean passage to the United States was $30,000 per Chinese national.
Extortion was a common factor with all alien smugglers regardless of country. Smuggling fees had to be paid by employment or reprisals included the threat of torture or death. Violence directed against law enforcement officers was also escalating. On September 6, 1989, U.S.B.P Special Agent Keith Connelly was killed in a "hail of gunfire" during the arrest of alien smugglers in Fresno, California. Special Agent Ted Jordan was also seriously wounded during the incident. Both were enforcing criminal statutes of 8 USC 1324 long after the 1986 Amnesty.
The first and only Amnesty has never really ended despite political proposals of another guest worker plan for an estimated 20 million in 2006.In 1994 Congress approved a temporary rolling Amnesty for 578,000 illegals under Section 245 (i). In 1997, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act allowed one million people legal status. In 1998, the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act was created.
The late Amnesty Act of 2000 was rather remarkable in politics. This Act was an Amnesty for 400,000 illegal aliens residing in the U.S. who claimed they should have been granted Special Agricultural Worker status under the fraud filled 1986 IRCA. The Life Act Amnesty was the best.
This Act, a re-instatement of Section 245 (i) allowed Amnesty for 900,000 illegal aliens who might have been qualified as Special Agricultural Workers in 1986 if they had presented documentation, I-705s prior to the deadline for admissions. Usually a deadline in a sensible society means "that's it" end game or close of business, no more applicants accepted.
Politicians on their own agendas often forget history and their oath of office as Civil Servants. They are placed in positions of authority by the will of the people, majority taxpayers and voters.
The Chinese Asylum bill was passed by Congress in 1989 due to the (one child per family) and forced sterilization policy in China to control population growth. Human trafficking organizations in China soon had a supply of people who were loaded on "rusty" sea going freighters to container cargo ships. The criminal cadres supplied information on obtaining public assistance, names of Immigration lawyers to false document sales. The average price for ocean passage to the United States was $30,000 per Chinese national.
Extortion was a common factor with all alien smugglers regardless of country. Smuggling fees had to be paid by employment or reprisals included the threat of torture or death. Violence directed against law enforcement officers was also escalating. On September 6, 1989, U.S.B.P Special Agent Keith Connelly was killed in a "hail of gunfire" during the arrest of alien smugglers in Fresno, California. Special Agent Ted Jordan was also seriously wounded during the incident. Both were enforcing criminal statutes of 8 USC 1324 long after the 1986 Amnesty.
The first and only Amnesty has never really ended despite political proposals of another guest worker plan for an estimated 20 million in 2006.In 1994 Congress approved a temporary rolling Amnesty for 578,000 illegals under Section 245 (i). In 1997, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act allowed one million people legal status. In 1998, the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act was created.
The late Amnesty Act of 2000 was rather remarkable in politics. This Act was an Amnesty for 400,000 illegal aliens residing in the U.S. who claimed they should have been granted Special Agricultural Worker status under the fraud filled 1986 IRCA. The Life Act Amnesty was the best.
This Act, a re-instatement of Section 245 (i) allowed Amnesty for 900,000 illegal aliens who might have been qualified as Special Agricultural Workers in 1986 if they had presented documentation, I-705s prior to the deadline for admissions. Usually a deadline in a sensible society means "that's it" end game or close of business, no more applicants accepted.
Politicians on their own agendas often forget history and their oath of office as Civil Servants. They are placed in positions of authority by the will of the people, majority taxpayers and voters.
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