Migration, Remittances, And Small Business Development: Mexico And Caribbean Basin Countries

"The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) was a manifestation

of widespread public concern over the volume of undocumented

immigration into the United States. The principal innovation of this

legislation-the provision to impose penalties on employers who knowingly

hire undocumented immigrants-was a response to this concern.

This effort at restriction was tempered in IRCA by other provisions

permitting the legalization of two types of undocumented immigrantsthose

who had resided in the...