Thread: IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986

Immigration Reform and ControlAct of 1986

The ImmigrationReform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub.L. 99–603,100 Stat.3445, enacted November 6, 1986, also known as the Simpson–Mazzoli Act or the Reagan Amnesty,^[1] signed into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986, is an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law. The Act^[2]

• required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status;
• made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly;
• legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants, and;
• legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt; candidates were required to prove that they were not guilty of crimes, that they were in the country before January 1, 1982, and that they possessed at least a minimal knowledge about U.S. history, government, and the English language.

At the time,the Immigrationand Naturalization Service estimated that about four million illegal immigrants would apply for legal status through the act and that roughly half of them would be eligible.^[3]

Romano L. Mazzoli was a Democratic representative from Kentucky and Alan K. Simpson was a Republican senator from Wyoming who chaired their respective immigration subcommittees in Congress. Their effort was assisted by the recommendations of the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, then President of the University of NotreDame.

The law criminalized the act of engaging in a "pattern or practice" of knowingly hiring an "unauthorized alien"^[4] and established financial and other penaltiesf or those employing illegal immigrants under the theory that low prospects for employment would reduce undocumented immigration.Regulations promulgated under the Act introduced the I-9 form to ensure that all employees presented documentary proof of their legal eligibility to accept employment in the UnitedStates.^[5]

These sanctions would apply only to employers that had more than three employees and did not make a sufficient effort to determine the legal status of their workers.

The first Simpson–Mazzoli Bill was reported out of the House and Senate JudiciaryCommittees. The bill failed to be received by the House, but civil rights advocates were concerned over the potential for abuse and discrimination against Hispanics, growers' groups rallied for additional provisions for foreign labor, and the U.S. Chamber ofCommerce persistently opposed sanctions against employers.

The second Simpson–Mazzoli Bill finally passed both chambers in 1985, but it came apart in the conference committee over the issue of cost. The year marked an important turning point for the reform effort. Employer opposition to employer sanctions began to subside, partly because of the "affirmative defense" clause in the law that explicitly released employers from any obligation to check the authenticity of workers' documents.

Also, agricultural employers shifted their focus from opposition to employer sanctions to a concerted campaign to secure alternative sources of foreign labor. As opposition to employer sanctions waned and growers' lobbying efforts for extensive temporary worker programs intensified, agricultural worker programs began to outrank employer sanctions component as the most controversial element of reform.

Reagan Executive Action

The Immigration Reform and Control Act did not address the status of children of illegal aliens who were eligible for the amnesty program. In 1987 President Reagan used his executive authority to legalize the status of minor children of parents granted amnesty under the immigration overhaul,^[6] announcing a blanket deferral of deportation for children under 18 who were living in a two-parent household with both parents legalizing, or with a single parent who was legalizing.^[7] This action affected an estimated 100,000 families.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986

HERE WE ARE 32 YEARS LATER FORCING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO ACCEPT AMNESTY #8 AND A PATH FOR THESE CRIMINAL TRESPASSERS, THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES TO CONTINUE TO DISREGARD OUR LAWS AND REWARD THEM WITH A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.

NOT ONLY THAT BUT ACCEPT THEIR DEMANDS ON OUR SOIL, MARCHING, WAVING THEIR COUNTRIES FLAG, THEIR BOUGHT AND PAID FOR PROFESSIONAL POSTERS, AND GIVING OUR PRESIDENT AND U.S. CITIZENS THE "FINGER" FOR NOT GIVING THEM MORE FREE STUFF AND CITIZENSHIP AND PUSHING FOR ALLOWING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FREE REIGN TO FLOW OVER OUR BORDER AT THEIR WILL!

YEP, FOLKS, YOU ARE SEEING IT RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES ON EVERY NATIONAL NEWS CHANNEL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND EVERY MEDIA OUTLET AVAILABLE.

THE COSTS OF $133 BILLION A YEAR (AND CLIMBING) THAT THIS COSTS TAXPAYERS IS DOCUMENTED, THE CRIME, THE RAPE, GANGS, MURDER, DUI'S, VIOLENCE AND POVERTY THEY BRING IS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS OUR NATION.

THE OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, JAILS, HOSPITALS, ROADS, PRISONS, DETENTION CENTERS, LAWSUITS, COURT CASES, HOUSING...WE ALL PAY THE PRICE.



"Immigration Control and Reform Act" is NEITHER under control NOR reformed!

Our own government continues to pass massive BILLS that are neither followed or enforced. Yet they FOOL the American people over and over again that they will keep their promise to Build the Wall and stop this invasion of our country.

This will be "our last amnesty" they say...famous LAST words and a LIE as they are working feverishly to pass Amnesty #8 while tossing the American people and their families under the bus...yet again.

Working non-stop for illegal aliens while not addressing the issues faced by our own homeless, crime, gangs, drugs, violence in OUR streets and no housing. Where do THEY get "asylum"?

Working non-stop to TAKE our taxpayer funded benefits away but continue to GIVE them to every refugee, illegal alien, TPS and asylum liar on the planet.

Working non-stop with threats to shut our government down on behalf of people who are not our citizens nor belong on our soil.

Working non-stop to undermine our President and push to bankrupt and destroy our country with their failed policies.

And yes, there will be Amnesty #9 and #10, #11 and #12. Your children, grand-children and great grand-children can bet on it and SUFFER from it and the costs that will be a burden to them for decades to come.

All the while, feverishly building big beautiful detention centers with air conditioning, cable TV, soccer fields, football, baseball, game rooms, computer centers, education classes, meals, rooms, housekeeping, toys, clothes, beds, medical care, dental care, security for illegal aliens and providing taxpayer funded attorneys all with OUR money.

How many American children in Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Cleveland, San Diego, San Francisco...all across America would like to be put in these facilities and treated so well?

Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 - H.R. 6136