The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) hosted a panel discussion, Amnesties: Past, Present, Future, on Monday, January 14 at 9:30 a.m. ET at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Representative Lamar Smith will delivered opening remarks. Following his remarks, a panel of experts discussed the impact of past amnesties, the potential effect of a future amnesty, and what this administration’s track record reveals about how a legalization program would be run.
This timely panel discussion came as the White House has announced it will begin a push for an immigration bill whose centerpiece would be a legalization program for the 11-12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. It also came 26 years after Congress enacted what was supposed to be the one and only illegal-alien amnesty (Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986).
Panelists:
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies
Jon Feere, Legal Policy Analyst
David North, Fellow
Mark Krikorian's Introduction
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Rep. Lamar Smith's Statement
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Jessica Vaughan's Statement
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Jon Feere's Statement
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David North's Statement
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Question and Answer Session
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