H.R. 4966, the Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Law Act, would have granted amnesty to some 3.6 million aliens from Central America and Haiti. This would have been the largest amnesty in the history of the country, larger even than the 1986 IRCA Amnesty.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the number of aliens granted nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to implement measures to prevent fraud and abuse in the granting of such status, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers, to improve the collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees, and for other purposes.
S. 2045, the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act, would nearly triple the number of foreign high-tech workers.
H.R. 1007, the Honduran Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, would provide amnesty for all Hondurans who have lived illegally in the United States since 1995.
H.R. 36, the Central American and Caribbean Refugee Adjustment Act, was an amnesty bill for about one million Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans and Haitians, including their spouses and children, who have lived in the United States illegally since December 1, 1995.