* The 1986
Immigration Reform and Control Act allowed illegal immigrants already living in the United States to apply for legal status if they met certain requirements, which resulted in a dramatic upswing in immigration figures in the late 1980s and 1990s, totaling about 2.7 million people over t
Immigration Reform and Control Act allowed illegal immigrants already living in the United States to apply for legal status if they met certain
requirements, which resulted in a dramatic upswing in
immigration figures in the late 1980s and 1990s, totaling about 2.7 million people over t
immigration figures in the late 1980s and 1990s, totaling
about 2.7 million people over that period.