According to a detailed report from the American Immigration Council, however, presidents have routinely altered immigration policies by executive order, including 18 such changes by five recent Republican presidents — Eisenhower, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II. None of these presidents was threatened with political reprisal for signing the orders, of course. Here is an overview based on the AIC report: Pres. Dwight Eisenhower: 1956 By executive order, circumvented immigration quotas to allow 900 orphans to join their adoptive families in the U.S. 1956-1958 By executive order, allowed 31,000 Hungarian anti-Soviet insurgents to emigrate. 1959-72 By executive order, allowed 600,000 Cubans fleeing Castro to emigrate. [PDF] Pres. Gerald Ford: 1975 By executive order, allowed 360,000 refugees, mostly from from Vietnam, to emigrate. 1976 By executive order, allowed 14,000 Lebanese nationals to emigrate. Pres. Ronald Reagan: 1981 By executive order, allowed 7,000 Polish anti-Communists to emigrate. 1982 Allowed 15,000-plus Ethiopians to emigrate. 1987 By executive order, rescinded deportation of 200,000 Nicaraguans. 1987 By executive order, deferred deportation of undocumented children of 100,000 families. [JSTOR] George H.W. Bush: 1989 By executive order, deferred deportations of Chinese students. 1989 By executive order, reversed visa denials of 7,000 Soviets, Indochinese. 1990 By executive order, deferred deporations of previously amnestied citizens’ 1.5 million spouses and children. 1991 By executive order, deferred deportation of 2,000 Gulf War evacuees. 1992 By executive order, deferred deportations of 190,000 El Salvadorans. George W. Bush: 2002 By executive order, expedited naturalization for green-card holders who joined military. 2005 By executive order, deferred deportation of students affected by Hurricane Katrina. 2006 By executive order, enabled 1,500 Cuban physicians to seek asylum at US embassies. 2007 By executive order, deferred deportation of 3,600 Liberians.
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