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A federal law passed in 1986 that provided amnesty to certain undocumented immigrants and reformed immigration policies in the United States.
The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) combined three core reforms: a large-scale legalization (amnesty) for long-term undocumented residents and certain agricultural workers, a new employ...
Yes — has enacted that functionally pardoned unlawful presence in at least one major federal law (the ), but that is distinct from the use of executive clemency (presidential pardons) to forgive immig...
The number of unauthorized immigrants who obtained lawful status under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) is disputed by scholars and agencies, with contemporaneous government and many...