Question #1: Please tell us about the proposed amnesty bill and who might qualify?

Carl Shusterman: On February 16, 2000 the AFLO/CIO, America's largest labor federation proposed an amnesty for illegal immigrants, an end to the employer sanctions programs, which the federation had vigorously supported in 1986, and a restoration of benefits that were unfairly taken away from immigrant families in 1996. The AFL/CIO's press release can be found at:

http://shusterman.com/afl.html

and the full text of the resolution can be found at:

http://Shusterman.com/afl2.html

Although the AFL/CIO called for a general amnesty, they advocated an immediate legalization program for the following three groups:

1) 500,000 Central Americans and Haitians who fled their countries during the 1980's and early 1990's;

2) 350,000 Late Amnesty filers; and

3) 10,000 Liberians who fled to the United States during the civil war in their country.

The AFL-CIO's proposal has not reached the stage where a bill has been introduced in Congress.


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