Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act ("McCain-Kennedy Bill," ) was an
immigration reform
Immigration reform is change to the current immigration policy of a country. In its strict definition, ''reform'' means "to change into an improved form or condition, by amending or removing faults or abuses". In the political sense, "immigration ...
bill introduced in the
United States Senate on May 12, 2005 by Senators
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...
and
Ted Kennedy. It was the first of its kind since the early 2000s in incorporating
legalization
Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently not legal.
Legalization is a process often applied to what are regarded, by those working towards legalization, as victimless crimes, of which one ...
,
guest worker programs, and
border enforcement components.
Legislation history
As
United States immigration debate
Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. In absolute numbers, the United States has a larger immigrant population than any other country in the world, ...
unfolded in Congress and in the field during 2005 and 2006, the bill became a landmark legislation that was often referenced by most parties of the debate to indicate support or opposition to a certain kind of immigration reform that incorporated the three components. The bill was never voted on in the Senate. The
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 and the
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 are two additional compromises based on the original McCain-Kennedy bill.
See also
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Immigration
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Immigration to the United States
References
External links
Thomas Summary
S. 1033at GovTrack.us
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Proposed legislation of the 109th United States Congress
United States proposed federal immigration and nationality legislation