Doris Meissner, former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, talked about the successes and challenges of the act.

Doris Meissner, former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, talked about the creation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Opinion: It is high time for common sense immigration reform which is consistent with the American values as articulated by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

Karl Rove's recollection of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act ("Immigration Reform and the Hispanic Vote," op-ed, June 6) is, shall we say, highly selective. That law, he writes ...

When Ronald Reagan signed a comprehensive immigration overhaul in 1986, he confidently predicted: “Future generations of Americans will be thankful for our efforts to humanely regain control of ...

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 legalized individuals who had resided unlawfully in the United States continuously for five years by granting temporary resident status adjustable to ...

The Dignity Act of 2025 is a bipartisan bill aiming to fix the US immigration system. Learn what the Dignity Act proposes for border security, legal status, and Dreamers in this essential update.

Since June 6, immigration enforcement operations have surged across Los Angeles. In just the first 10 days of June, 722 ...

Democrats blame Republicans for the fact that Congress has not passed a major immigration reform bill since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 — 37 years ago. While Republicans have ...

That the Immigration Reform and Control Act did not deter illegal immigration is one reason many have opposed subsequent attempts at legalization.

Mariela Olivares, THE 1986 IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT AS ANTECEDENT TO CONTEMPORARY LATINA/O/X MIGRATION, Chicanx-Latinx Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2020), pp. 65-82 ...