Question

What was the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?

Answer 1

This made it illegal to hire an undocumented immigrant knowingly.

Explanation:

The Act

• required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status;
• made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly
• legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants, and
• legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and had resided there continuously with the penalty of a fine, back taxes due, and admission of guilt; candidates were required to prove that they were not guilty of crimes, that they were in the country before January 1, 1982, and that they possessed at least a minimal knowledge of U.S. history, government, and the English language

Source: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986