FAIR's Summary of the Gang of Eight Low-Skilled Workers (W Visa) Provisions

May 1, 2013

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Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986

An Act passed November 6, 1986, its main purpose was to control and deter illegal immigration into the United States. It provides for legalization of illegal aliens who had been continuously present in the United States since 1982 or who had worked in agricultural labor, penalties for employers who knowingly hire aliens unauthorized to work in the United States, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.

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FAIR's Summary of the Gang of Eight Low-Skilled Workers (W Visa) Provisions

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FAIR's Summary of the Gang of Eight Low-Skilled Workers (W Visa) Provisions

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Proposed Changes to H-1B Program Encourage Fraud, Undermine American Workers

Washington’s Push for the Afghan Adjustment Act Fails to Consider Needed Fixes and National Security Issues

Illegal Immigration Now Costs American Taxpayers At Least $151 Billion a Year