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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1959698" data-attributes="member: 12952">1993&nbsp;&nbsp; Golden Venture Runs AgroundThe Golden Venture, carrying 286 Chinese immigrants, runs aground off the coast of Queens.&nbsp; The newly elected Clinton administration, fearful that this may spark similar flows of immigrants, orders them transported to detention centers in local jails -- the vast majority to York County, PA.Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility ActPresident Clinton signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which made deportation mandatory for all legal permanent residents sentenced to a year or more for &quot;aggravated felonies,&quot; &quot;moral turpitude&quot; or controlled substances. This act, along with the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, made deportation of legal non-residents much faster and more frequent by considering increasingly minor criminal offenses automatically deportable.This act also doubled the U.S. Border Patrol to 10,000 agents over five years and mandated the construction of fences at the most heavily trafficked areas of the U.S.-Mexico border. Congress also approved a pilot program to check the immigration status of job applicants.Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act President Clinton signed a welfare reform bill that cut many social programs and benefits for immigrants. Legal immigrants lost their right to food stamps and Supplemental Security Income (a program for older, blind, and disabled people). Illegal immigrants became ineligible for virtually all federal and state benefits except emergency medical care, immunization programs, and disaster relief .1997&nbsp; Golden Venture Presidential PardonPresident Clinton pardons 53 Golden Venture survivors after they had been in jail for 42 months, but does not give them legal status.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1959698, member: 12952"] [B]1993 Golden Venture Runs Aground[/B] The Golden Venture, carrying 286 Chinese immigrants, runs aground off the coast of Queens. The newly elected Clinton administration, fearful that this may spark similar flows of immigrants, orders them transported to detention centers in local jails -- the vast majority to York County, PA. [B]Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act[/B] President Clinton signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which made deportation mandatory for all legal permanent residents sentenced to a year or more for "aggravated felonies," "moral turpitude" or controlled substances. This act, along with [B]the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996[/B], made deportation of legal non-residents much faster and more frequent by considering increasingly minor criminal offenses automatically deportable. This act also doubled the U.S. Border Patrol to 10,000 agents over five years and mandated the construction of fences at the most heavily trafficked areas of the U.S.-Mexico border. Congress also approved a pilot program to check the immigration status of job applicants. [B]Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act[/B] President Clinton signed a welfare reform bill that cut many social programs and benefits for immigrants. Legal immigrants lost their right to food stamps and Supplemental Security Income (a program for older, blind, and disabled people). Illegal immigrants became ineligible for virtually all federal and state benefits except emergency medical care, immunization programs, and disaster relief . [B]1997 Golden Venture Presidential Pardon[/B] President Clinton pardons 53 Golden Venture survivors after they had been in jail for 42 months, but does not give them legal status. [/QUOTE]

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