On 2 Mar 2001, at 15:22, Brian L. Johnson wrote:
> Ok, I have a situation going on that needs an answer soon before a guy
> does something dumb...
>
> At my former place of work, they have a man who is a Guatemalan
> national, and is not a legal immigrant. However, the man works very
> very hard, and sacrifices to support his family back home. Both myself
> and a former co-worker have known him for the last two years, and can
> easily attest to his character...
>
> But, he recently heard something on the Univision TV channel that
> before leaving office, Clinton signed something having to do with
> amnesty for illegal immigrants. He wants very badly to do something in
> order to go legit so that he doesn't have to live "underground".
>
> He's about to drive up to the INS office in Denver Monday morning and
> say "Here I am, let's fill in paperwork and sprinkly magic dust on me
> and make me legit" (more or less). Me and my coworker are thinking
> that it's more likely that the guy would be making a one-way trip,
> ending up on a runway in Guatemala... And we really don't want this
> guy doing something rash and getting deported.
>
> So what I'm needing to know is what, if anything, did Clinton sign
> regarding immigration, and what this guy should do to go legitimate
> without getting cuffed and deported.
>
> Thank you all for any quick answers :)
In the year 2000, Clinton proposed an Amnesty program for some
500,000 illegal immigrants. To the best of my searching, I don't
believe Congress ever approved this proposal, which would have been
required.
Brian, there are a couple of 800 numbers showing at the USINS site.
Why don't you give them a call and inquire about this on behalf of
your friend.
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/
Here are the laws that passed during the 106th Congress related to
Immigration:
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/Cong106.htm
Here are the laws passed with the current 107th Congress related to
Immigration matters:
Ah...none...zip...nada. The current Congress has not passed any laws
related to Immigration.
I would not look for the Bush Administration to be sympathetic with
your friend's plight.
Alan
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