The Clinton administration challenged a provision that prohibits individuals ordered deported by the INS from appealing their deportation in federal courts.

At the same time, however, the Clinton administration opposed a challenge by the ACLU to provisions under which legal residents who were convicted of misdemeanors or felonies prior to 1996 can be deported. The ACLU holds that the law, which applies to immigrants who have permanent residency visas, cannot be applied retroactively. These individuals are ineligible for relief from automatic deportation, no matter what their personal circumstances.

Among other provisions, the law provides for doubling the size of the border police force.  
 
 
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