Detail for 2001 House Roll Call Vote 127
- Vote Date
- 21-May-2001
- Yeas : Nays
- 336 : 43
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H.R. 1885.
This bill provided for a four-month extension of Section 245(i), which is a de facto amnesty in that current federal policy did not deport illegal aliens once they applied for Section 245(i) and allowed them to remain in the U.S. for years until they were allowed to become official immigrants. The vote on the four-month extension represented a compromise of the White House push for a longer extension. Even though the four month extension was better than a year-long or permanent extension, it still would have resulted in at least 200,000 more people being added to the country through illegal immigration.