by Ben J. Seeley

About the author: Ben J. Seeley is executive director of the Border Solution Task Force, an organization that works for immigration reform.

The old cliche “The road to disaster is too often paved with good intentions” could not be more applicable than it is to a provision included in the immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996.

In a slick backroom deal, with the aid of a slick lobbyist, the Christian Coalition’s national leadership and a ton of foreign campaign contributions, Title VI, Subtitle A, Refugees, Parole and Asylum was included in the 1996 act and voted into law.

A Pandora’s Box

This provision, in essence, loosens the political asylum floodgates to economically impoverished immigrants waiting to flee their nations under the guise...