AMNESTY APPLICATIONS

Congress and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) estimate the total number of illegal aliens in the U.S. eligible for amnesty in 1988 at approximately 3.9 million. More than 75% were Latin Americans and most of the rest were from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean.

Those applying for amnesty do so on one of two forms: seasonal agricultural workers (also called SAWs) use Form I700 and everyone else Form I687. A look at the forms filed in Orange County belies the notion that most applicants are

seasonal workers, or migrants. In fact, the vast majority of the nearly 90,000 aliens to make application, 85%, were a varied lot including professionals, scientists et al.

Although the deadline for amnesty application has passed for most groups, a special provision of the law allows Ugandans, Ethiopians, Poles and Afghans to file until Dec. 22.

Nearly half the county’s applicants, 48%, were from Santa Ana. Here’s how the localities broke down:

FORM City/Area I687 I700 Total % of Total Anaheim 12,588 2,218 14,806 17 Atwood 8 4 12 * Brea 449 88 537 1 Buena Park 1,563 284 1,847 2 Capistrano Beach 62 21 83 * Corona Del Mar 36 4 40 * Costa Mesa 2,861 285 3,146 4 Cypress 258 33 291 * Dana Point 318 60 378 * East Irvine 1 2 3 * El Toro 286 35 321 * Fountain Valley 250 40 290 * Fullerton 2,678 484 3,162 4 Garden Grove 3,259 578 3,837 4 Huntington Beach 1,582 462 2,044 2 Irvine 348 28 376 * Laguna Beach 188 22 210 * Laguna Hills 196 29 225 * La Habra 2,050 265 2,315 3 La Mirada 337 74 411 1 La Palma 103 14 117 * Los Alamitos 227 219 446 1 Midway City 207 39 246 * Mission Viejo 225 14 239 * Modjeska 630 212 842 1 Newport Beach 168 18 186 * Orange 2,668 623 3,291 4 Placentia 1,261 337 1,598 2 San Clemente 298 196 494 1 San Juan Capistrano 630 212 842 1 Santa Ana 36,552 5,922 42,474 48 Seal Beach 42 2 44 * South Laguna 87 8 95 * Stanton 682 93 775 1 Sunset Beach 4 0 4 * Surfside 3 0 3 * Tustin 683 94 777 1 Villa Park 4 0 4 * Westminster 1,329 333 1,662 2 Yorba Linda 120 25 145 * TOTALS 75,241 13,377 88,618 100

* Less than 1%

Source: Immigration and Naturalization Service, western region listing of legalization applications; Orange Coast College.