Prospects for immigration reform to regularize mexican undocumented, in the current political context of the United States
In 1986, the US Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the last reform which saw the mass regularization of undocumented workers. IRCA has allowed regularize more than three million people, mostly Mexicans. Nearly three decades later, still twelve million undocumented, reside...
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Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
2022
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| Online Access: | http://erevistas.uacj.mx/ojs/index.php/noesis/article/view/1071 |
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| Summary: | In 1986, the US Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the last reform which saw the mass regularization of undocumented workers. IRCA has allowed regularize more than three million people, mostly Mexicans. Nearly three decades later, still twelve million undocumented, reside in North America. What are the prospects now that the conditions of this population will improve through a reform that takes them out of hiding? This article seeks to answer this question, analyzing the current situation, based on examining the historical context that have been applied US immigration laws and policies. |
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| ISSN: | 2395-8669 |