Politics, government and public life for Southern California
How the '86 immigration reform bill changed the lives of one LA
family  Kitty Felde/ KPCC  New citizens Oscar and Martha Mendoza
visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC  Kitty Felde/ KPCC
Tony Rico (nee Mendoza) was five when his parents began the
process of becoming American citizens.  Kitty Felde/ KPCC  Tony
Rico (nee Mendoza) and husband Nolan Kulbiski are surrounded by
Tony's family: l-r: younger brother Dakota, mother Martha
Mendoza, Kulbiski, Rico, father Oscar Mendoza, sister Kelly
Mendoza Kennedy and her husband James Kennedy.  This week, the
Senate Judiciary Committee continues to work on an immigration
reform bill, as the House prepares to release its own version.
The last time Congress passed a comprehensive immigration bill,
Ronald Reagan was in the White House, "Top Gun" was the box
office king, and a Bill Buckner error in the World Series became
the stuff of legend. The 1986 immigration reform bill put two
million undocumented