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June 22, 2006
This explains a lot . . .
In one of those "a-ha" moments that happen every now and then - and help explain the world we currently live in - the staff recently came across an interesting claim by celebrity talker, Ann Coulter.
In the mid-1990s Coulter claims she had a job working for a Republican senator, and that in this job she helped to write the USA's immigration laws.
"I toughened up the provision on removing criminal aliens from the United States."
Ann Coulter, The Guardian, 11 June 2006; 'Lethally Blonde'
KIW's legal department notes that the (infamous) 1996 Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IRAIRA) contained provisions that, while confusing and poorly-drafted, sought to deport green card holders for minor criminal convictions (i.e. shoplifting) that occurred decades prior to the enactment of the law. Much of the 1996 law has been overruled by courts and by later legislation.
The Act is widely considered to be overeachingly mean-spirited, and is responsible for burdening federal courts with immigration-related litigation.
Posted by williamfrick at June 22, 2006 10:43 AM