When the Senate Judiciary Committee reported the bill. they said: "It is the intent of the committee that the families of legalized aliens will obtain no special petitioning right by virtue of the legalization. They will be required to wait in line in the same manner as immediate family members of other new resident aliens." President Reagan decided otherwise. Some wrongly argue the scope of the Reagan family fairness program was smaller. that it was not intended to provide relief to 1.5 million people. about 40 percent of the undocumented population at the time. Again. that is false. The INS Commissioner then testified before Congress that it covered 1.5 million people.
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