Timeline Thursday 6 November 1986

Events on Thursday 6 November 1986 1

• 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act US law grants amnesty and penalizes employers of undocumented workers The United States enacted a major immigration law that granted legal status to roughly three million undocumented immigrants who had resided in the country since 1982. It also introduced sanctions against employers who knowingly hired undocumented workers. The act remains a reference point in later US immigration debates.