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The Immigration Reform and Control Act legalized most undocumented immigrants who had arrived in the country prior to January 1, 1984. The act altered U.S. immigration law by making it illegal to knowingly hire undocumented immigrants, and establishing financial and other penalties for companies that employed undocumented immigrants.
The decision is "a major win for due process and a blow to the president's attempts to roll back protections afforded under the law," said Michael Lukens, executive director of Amica Center for ...
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 ...
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 provided a path to permanent residency to some undocumented immigrants but made it illegal for employers to hire undocumented immigrants. [14] Immigration was significantly reformed by the Immigration Act of 1990 , which set a cap of 700,000 immigrants annually and changed the standards for ...
Both UC and CSU had expressed concerns about the bill, saying it could cause them to run afoul of federal law. Newsom vetoes 2nd bill to help undocumented immigrants, this one about hiring UC, CSU ...
When the Supreme Court voted to uphold the "Legal Arizona Workers Act" (LAWA) on May 25, the ability for states to revoke business licenses for firms hiring illegal immigrants was protected. (LAWA ...
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA or IIRIRA), [2] [3] was a law enacted as division C of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, made major changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). IIRAIRA's changes became effective on April 1, 1997.
“Those who have lived through the passage/implementation of #AB60 will know the life-changing consequences it had for our communities,” the California Immigrant Policy Center tweeted. “The ...