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...dead yet, but the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration-reform bill is in critical condition. The overt cause of the trouble is the difference between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Both offer amnesty to millions of aliens now living in the U.S. However, the House bill, which passed by only 216 to 211, offers to legitimize the status of illegal aliens who have lived continuously in the U.S. since Jan. 1, 1982, while the Senate sets the date at Jan. 1, 1980. And unlike the Senate, the House would permit an agricultural-guest-worker program that has been opposed...
What a pity the Statue of Liberty is getting all patched up. When the Simpson-Mazzoli bill gets passed, we will have to take the statue down. How can you have Miss Liberty in New York City saying "come" and our Congress in Washington saying "get lost...
...congressional conference committee prepared to iron out differences in how the bill should be implemented. A relatively open border with the U.S. has long been taken for granted as a safety valve for the 50% of Mexico's workers who are without jobs or are underemployed. Thus Simpson-Mazzoli is seen not as immigration reform but as an act of aggression against Mexico. In Mexico City, the Ministry of Foreign Relations said that because of the bill, the government would have to increase its vigilance over abuses of Mexican citizens in the U.S. The reaction in the Mexican press...
Jesus Gonzalez Schmal, secretary for international relations of the National Action Party, the leading opposition party in Mexico, predicted that passage of Simpson-Mazzoli would mean increased social tensions in northern Mexico and in the central states of Jalisco and Zacatecas. Many illegal immigrants in the U.S. come from these areas. Jose Luis Perez Canchola, head of the Unified Socialist Party's Border Affairs Commission, warned that if the law resulted in greater numbers of Mexicans being deported, social services in border towns like Tijuana would be severely strained...
...Government considers aliens from most Central American countries economic refugees, thus not eligible for justified asylum. However, the House of Representatives last week passed the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill, which would offer amnesty to aliens who have lived continuously in the U.S. prior to Jan. 1, 1982. This bill must be reconciled with the Senate version, which would establish a date several years earlier. According to John Fife, a leader in the sanctuary movement, this legislation would single out those people who do not qualify under the new guidelines - and also those who offer them shelter. "The U.S. Immigration...