One effect on society is the calculation and total amount of undocumented immigrants living in America. Without knowing this it is tough to estimate the effects they are imposing. McLemore states, “The multiple entrances and exits of particular workers have established a cyclical migration flow that has complicated the problem of estimating how many undocumented immigrants are actually in the country at a given time” (395). The book states that estimates and studies have concluded a wide range of totals, anywhere from 15 million to estimates taken for 1980 being anywhere from 1.5 to 4 million. Without knowing this the government and country has no idea what and how much of the resources are being used on undocumented immigrants, how much they are paying in tax’s and how much money they are sending out of this country,

There have been a few acts passed in regards to immigration reform. The first major one passed in recent years was the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), established in 1986. Not only was this used to deter undocumented immigrants from entering the U.S., but it also had a new twist on an old concept. If an undocumented immigrant had been living in the U.S. constantly since 1982 they would be given general amnesty, the government at this point felt they had proven themselves. Among other things it forced employers to take responsibility for who they hired by, “requiring that all newly hired workers present documents (such as driver’s license or a birth certificate) to prove that they are eligible for employment, and it authorized funds to be used to reimburse the state’s for some of the costs of legalization” (396). All of this was done to not only reduce the amount of undocumented immigrants from entering the country, but it also was impl

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