The numbers were small prior to that. They were small in 1820. And we tracked this thing up until the census of the year 2000. So between 1820 and the year 2000. the complete totals that we have. the number is 66.1 million people have been naturalized into the United States in all of our history. And this Senate version of the bill last year would have matched the pot all in one fell swoop. And they did this all with a straight face. Madam Speaker. I recall the amnesty in 1986 that Reagan signed. and it was supposed to be 1 million people.
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