Basis of IIF's Amnesty Campaign:

Following the unfair provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), the INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANTS FOUNDATION has been actively working with many other organizations to introduce and enact legislation that would amend current laws. In particular the INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANTS FOUNDATION has been, since 1997, the leading organization to advocate and nationally coordinate a Legalization Petition Drive for undocumented immigrants who entered the US prior to September 30th, 1996, the date when President Clinton signed the Act into law. The INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRANTS FOUNDATION believes that, though the new Act imposes hardships on legal immigrants and illegal immigrants alike, it is the undocumented that are most adversely affected and discriminated against by the recent reforms.