And what I am driving at, of course, in the instance Mr. Fattah mentioned were the 3 million folks that were granted amnesty under President Reagan, that was a congressional decision, statute, following the statute that Congress has enacted.
Carter discusses the congressional decision on amnesty under Reagan.
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