George Bush Sr. then responded in February 1990 by administratively implementing the Senate bill's provisions himself. As Bush's INS Commissioner, Gene McNary, stated: "It is vital that we enforce the law against illegal entry. However, we can enforce the law humanely. To split families encourages further violations of the law as they reunite." Under Bush's "family fairness" policy, applicants had to meet certain criteria, and reapply to the INS every year for extensions.
I didn't like this bullshit in
1986, 1990 or 2014. Fuck it, let the next Congress put Joe Biden in for the next two years. It'd make great TV, too.
