Thread: Simpson-Mazzoli: Twenty-One Years Later

Simpson-Mazzoli: Twenty-One Years Later
by John Gizzi
Posted 06/04/2007 ET




“. . . [Y]ou take a look at what did and didn’t work, and frankly, when it came to enforcement, again, when you say that there’s no punishment, it’s one of those things that doesn’t create disincentive for somebody to cross the border.â€

I used to not think very much of Mr. Meese, but, after reading some of his recently public comments about the current immigration debate, I guess I'll have to change my views somewhat. It is clear by the below, that he 'gets it'.

With some emphasis upon the critical portion which is most relevant to the debate in 2007...

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“The lesson from the 1986 experience is that such an amnesty did not solve the problem,â€