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Immigration Reform and Control Act  

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  • The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) was sponsored by Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming) and Representative Romano Mazzoli (D-Kentucky) and signed by President Ronald Reagan. The primary features of IRCA are the procedures for legalization of undocumented immigrants already living in the United States and, for the first time, sanctioning employers for knowingly hiring undocumented immigrants. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)]

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