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DIED. LYN NOFZIGER, 81, irascible, savvy longtime aide to Ronald Reagan; of cancer; in Falls Church, Va. As head of communications for Reagan's successful 1980 White House bid, Nofziger endeared himself to the press with his candor, rumpled look and Mickey Mouse tie. The former newspaperman, who began advising Reagan in 1965, retired as a White House aide in 1982, but not before filling in memorably for press secretary James Brady after Reagan and Brady were shot by John Hinckley in 1981, delivering to reporters the President's quip "Honey, I forgot to duck...
...lawyer who specializes in intellectual property litigation, William F. Lee ’72, will also hold a spot on the committee. Lee was an aide to the independent counsel who investigated Reagan administration officials’ involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal, and he is now the co-managing partner of the law firm WilmerHale. He joined the Board of Overseers...
...lawyer who specializes in intellectual property litigation, William F. Lee ’72, will also join the search committee. He was an aide to the independent counsel who investigated Reagan administration officials’ involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal, and he is now the co-managing partner of the law firm WilmerHale. He joined the Board of Overseers...
...sent to jail. The act was a response to the widespread belief that employer sanctions were the only way to stem the tide. "We need employer sanctions to reduce the attraction of jobs in the U.S.," an INS spokesman declared as Congress debated the bill. When President Ronald Reagan signed it, he called the sanctions the "keystone" of the law. "It will remove the incentive for illegal immigration by eliminating the job opportunities which draw illegal aliens here," he said. Making it a crime for a company to hire an illegal was seen as such a dramatic step...
...companies had little to fear. Neither Reagan nor subsequent Presidents or Congresses were eager to enforce the law. The fate of just one provision in the 1986 act is revealing. As part of the enforcement effort, the law called for a pilot program to establish a telephone-verification system that employers could use when hiring workers. It would allow employers to tap into a national data bank to determine the legal status of a job applicant. Only those who had legitimate documentation would be approved. With such a system, employers could no longer use the excuse that they...