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BeWare POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 07-18-2014 05:13 PM
Key adviser urged President Clinton to get tough on border back in '93, according to newly-released memo Published July 18, 2014·
Although it could almost apply to the political situation regarding the Mexican border today, the memo was written nearly 21 years ago to then-President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. Part of a release of a massive trove of old memos and documents released Friday afternoon by the National Archives, the note stands as a reminder that problems at the border are nothing new.
Gergen, now a CNN contributor, was an old Washington hand who had previously served Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. He wrote the memo less than three weeks after a national outcry over illegal immigration prompted the House to vote overwhelmingly to add 600 agents to the nation's Border Patrol and increase Border Patrol funds by $60 million annually. With the Democrats still in control of the House of Representatives, one key Democrat Congressman proposed that non-citizens be deported immediately if they arrived without proper legal documents and could not make a credible initial case that they were fleeing political persecution. He was joined by two House colleagues, including future Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who said such controversial steps were necessary to avoid more drastic measures that would restrict legal immigration, according to a report at the time. With even Democrats calling for tougher action on the border, Gergen had some political advice for Clinton. “Suggestion: that this border patrol issue be more fully thrashed out with the President or that we go now with an anti-terrorism package only (that is the political flashpoint around the country) and give ourselves a little more time to resolve the border patrol issue,” Gergen wrote. Clinton would eventually sign into law the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which, among other tough measures, made illegal immigrants who stayed in the U.S. for more than a year unable to re-enter the U.S. for 10 years once they were caught and deported. This message has been edited by BeWare on 07-18-2014 at 05:13 PM |
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