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The [[1996 United States campaign finance controversy]] was an alleged effort by | The [[1996 United States campaign finance controversy]] was an alleged effort by China to influence the domestic policies of the United States, before and during the Clinton administration, and involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.<ref name="wsjchinagate">{{cite news |title=China Was Bill Clinton's Russia |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-was-bill-clintons-russia-1488585526 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Not All Foreign-Influence Scandals Are Created Equal |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/07/chinese-illegally-donated-bill-clinton-reelection-campaign-media-downplayed/ |work=[[National Review]] |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> Despite the evidence,<ref name="wsjchinagate"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Findings Link Clinton Allies to Chinese Intelligence |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/02/10/findings-link-clinton-allies-to-chinese-intelligence/87265d5d-7452-41f2-ad2f-aa4abe7e579e/?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Bob|last=Woodward|author-link=Bob Woodward |date=February 10, 1998}}</ref> the [[Government of China|Chinese government]] denied all accusations.<ref name=embassy>{{cite news|first1=Bob | last1=Woodward |first2=Brian | last2=Duffy | author-link1=Bob Woodward | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/china1.htm | title=Chinese Embassy Role In Contributions Probed | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=February 13, 1997 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> | ||
As part of a 1996 initiative to curb [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigration]], Clinton signed the [[Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996|Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act]] (IIRIRA) on September 30, 1996. Appointed by Clinton,<ref>{{cite news | author=Louis Freedberg | url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-WASHINGTON-New-Limits-In-Works-on-3031581.php | title=New Limits In Works on Immigration / Powerful commission focusing on families of legal entrants | newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=June 2, 1995 | access-date=February 22, 2020 }}</ref> the [[History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States#1990s|U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform]] recommended reducing legal immigration from about 800,000 people a year to about 550,000.<ref>{{cite book | last=Jones|first=Plummer Alston Jr. | year=2004 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmSKvXN2a1IC&pg=PA153 | title=Still Struggling for Equality: American public library services with minorities | publisher=Libraries Unlimited | page=154 | isbn=978-1-59158-243-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/08/us/clinton-embraces-a-proposal-to-cut-immigration-by-a-third.html | title=Clinton Embraces a Proposal To Cut Immigration by a Third | first=Robert | last=Pear | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 8, 1995 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> | As part of a 1996 initiative to curb [[Illegal immigration to the United States|illegal immigration]], Clinton signed the [[Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996|Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act]] (IIRIRA) on September 30, 1996. Appointed by Clinton,<ref>{{cite news | author=Louis Freedberg | url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/PAGE-ONE-WASHINGTON-New-Limits-In-Works-on-3031581.php | title=New Limits In Works on Immigration / Powerful commission focusing on families of legal entrants | newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=June 2, 1995 | access-date=February 22, 2020 }}</ref> the [[History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States#1990s|U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform]] recommended reducing legal immigration from about 800,000 people a year to about 550,000.<ref>{{cite book | last=Jones|first=Plummer Alston Jr. | year=2004 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmSKvXN2a1IC&pg=PA153 | title=Still Struggling for Equality: American public library services with minorities | publisher=Libraries Unlimited | page=154 | isbn=978-1-59158-243-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/08/us/clinton-embraces-a-proposal-to-cut-immigration-by-a-third.html | title=Clinton Embraces a Proposal To Cut Immigration by a Third | first=Robert | last=Pear | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 8, 1995 | access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> | ||