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A study by Joshua Linder titled, The Amnesty Effect: Evidence from the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, found that the “economic conditions in Mexico have the greatest impact on the flow of undocumented immigrants”. [18] Others attribute IRCA's failure to stem illegal immigration to its focus on tougher border enforcement.
The bill, rejected by 179 votes to 171, will now return for debate in a parliamentary committee and could eventually be sent back for another vote in the lower house. The amnesty bill is set to ...
The Senate has sent a stopgap government funding bill to President Biden’s desk, averting a shutdown. The bill passed the House earlier in the day, wrapping up a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill ...
Spain's Congress on Thursday overturned an upper house veto with its final approval of a disputed amnesty for Catalan separatists that is expected to set the stage for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ...
The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on May 9, 2007, but was never voted on, though a series of votes on amendments and cloture took place. The last vote on cloture, on June 7, 2007, 11:59 AM, failed 34–61 effectively ending the bill's chances. A related bill S. 1639, on June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM, also failed 46–53.
The bill was voted out of Committee on May 21, 2013, and was placed on the Senate calendar. [5] On June 27, 2013, the Senate passed the bill on 68-32 margin. The bill was not considered by the Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives and died in the 113th Congress.
The announcement came on the eve of a lower house vote in Madrid on an amnesty bill for pro-independence activists and officials involved in Catalonia's separatist bid in the last decade. The bill ...
Spain’s Parliament is set to give its initial approval Thursday to a controversial amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes — both proved and alleged — committed by Catalan separatists during ...