Amnesties

"Amnesties are handcrafted to suit the needs of the state and the moment," says Verenda Smith, government affairs associate at the Federation of Tax Administrators.

States To Tax Deadbeats: Let's Make A Deal 2010

Amnesties for long-held prisoners have been granted periodically over the years.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

Amnesties or the promise of amnesties always lead to an increase in illegal immigration.

Pushing Romney in Michigan to screw up the Republicans. Ann Althouse 2008

Amnesties clearly do not solve the problem of illegal immigration.

Protest Day Tidbits** 2006

Amnesties have been proven to just bring more people in.

CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004 2004

Amnesties send patients into a twilight state, teetering between sleep and wakefulness, from which they emerge with no memory of events that occurred during the surgery, or for an hour or two before and after.

No Limits Peter David 2003

"Amnesties have been granted to applicants who did not belong to recognised political organisations, to some who killed traffic policemen, to a man who assaulted his wife in their kitchen over politics, and to one applicant who simply decided on the spur of the moment to kill someone, not immediately identifiable as a political opponent."

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

Amnesties have been granted to three members of the community in the Kroonstad area, Roland Roy Petrus, Machabe Petrus

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

- Amnesties and/or indemnities to political prisoners had made the amnesty question a highly charged one prior to last year's elections and resulted in widespread prisons unrest and violence;

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

Congress a halt to any further Amnesties, which includes the Dream Act Stand with States, the rising, unbounded TEA PARTY that are adjoined to mandate E-Verify nationally, to condemn any irrational Immigration Reform as this recession is very slowly lifting.

Reuters: Top News 2011