Retroactive-Punishment

Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies

1996-09-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Bill Clinton signs the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), dramatically expanding deportation authority and creating new categories of removable offenses. The law increases annual deportations from approximately 50,000 to over 200,000 by the early 2000s, …

Bill Clinton U.S. Congress Immigration and Naturalization Service immigration-policy mass-deportation retroactive-punishment due-process expedited-removal

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review

1996-04-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Bill Clinton signs the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in response to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, despite the attack having no connection to immigration. While primarily focused on death penalty procedures and terrorism prosecution, the law contains sweeping …

Bill Clinton U.S. Congress Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service immigration deportation judicial-review retroactive-punishment terrorism +1 more