The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub.L. 99–603, 100 Stat. 3445, enacted November 6, 1986, also known as the Simpson–Mazzoli Act, signed into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986, is an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law. The Act. required employers to attest to their ...
Jul 4, 2010 ... As the nation's attention turns back to the fractured debate over immigration, it might be helpful to remember that in 1986, Ronald Reagan signed a sweeping immigration reform bill into law. The bill made nearly 3 million illegal immigrants eligible for amnesty -- a word not usually associated with the father ...
Nov 26, 2014 ... The bill was more ambitious in that it sought to create a definitive solution to immigration (that, obviously, did not pan out). ... And there's similarly little known about the prospects over time of two smaller waves of immigrants granted reprieves -- in an effort to patch IRCA -- by Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Aug 3, 2014 ... President Ronald Reagan speaks during a news conference at the White House in January, 1986. ... The sanctions against employers did little to block illicit hiring. And poor foresight ... “Ronald Reagan's signature on the 1986 amnesty act brought about Barack Obama's election,” Iowa Republican Rep.
1986 IRCA: amnesty in exchange for tough border & penalties. Rising levels of illegal immigration [led to] the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). It provided amnesty for 3 million illegal immigrants, in return for increased border security and penalties for companies "knowingly" hiring illegal immigrants.
Ronald Reagan did amnesty.