Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

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Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)

In 1986, President Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, a bipartisan agreement to address illegal immigration.

Almost 20 years later, Congress passed the IRCA, a bipartisan agreement to address illegal immigration. The bill legalized certain seasonal agricultural undocumented immigrants and granted amnesty to more than 3 million undocumented immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982. The IRCA also gave immigration enforcement agencies greater power to enforce existing immigration laws.

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Why Immigrants Come

Why Immigrants Come

In the debate over U.S. immigration policy, people often overlook the question: “Why do immigrants come here in the first place?” This contemporary guide gives background and seeks to answer that question.