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  2. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 - Wikipedia

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    The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA or the Simpson–Mazzoli Act) was passed by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986. The Immigration Reform and Control Act legalized most undocumented immigrants who had arrived in the country prior to January 1, 1984.

  3. Immigration reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most recent major immigration reform enacted in the United States, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants, while also legalizing some 2.7 million undocumented residents who entered the United States before 1982. The law did not provide a legal way for the great number of low ...

  4. List of United States immigration laws - Wikipedia

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    Marked the birth of illegal immigration (in America). [1] The Act was "a response to racism [in America] and to anxiety about threats from cheap labor [from China]." [2] Pub. L. 47–126: 1882 Passenger Act of 1882: Pub. L. 47–374: 1882 Immigration Act of 1882: Imposed a 50 cent head tax to fund immigration officials. Pub. L. 47–376: 1885

  5. Congress has failed for over two decades to reform ... - AOL

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    2005 — Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., drafted the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act, better known as the McCain-Kennedy bill. It would have provided six-year ...

  6. Trump promises to disrupt immigration. These charts ... - AOL

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    Data from FWD.us, a bipartisan organization that advocates for immigration reform, found that DACA recipients contribute roughly $11.7 billion to the US economy each year.

  7. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 - Wikipedia

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    The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (full name: Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 ) was a bill discussed in the 110th United States Congress that would have provided legal status and a path to citizenship for the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States ...

  8. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    The act was limited to enforcement and focused on both the border and the interior. In the Senate, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (CIRA) was sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and passed in May 2006. CIRA would have given a path to eventual citizenship to a majority of undocumented immigrants already in the country as well ...

  9. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    The law that changed the face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Tichenor, Daniel (September 2016). "The Historical Presidency: Lyndon Johnson's Ambivalent Reform: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: LBJ's Ambivalent Reform". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 46 (3): 691– 705.