Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Illegal Immigration
The immigration reform and control act had called the employment authorization document. The Employment Authorization Document was created to document illegal immigrants. This document granted legal status to those working within the United States.
Increase in immigration was coincidental to Ronald Reagan's approach to El Salvador. The Jimmy Carter administration put a big emphasis on human rights. “Refugees are the living, homeless casualties of one very important failure on the part of the world to live by the principles of peace and human rights,” Carter said. “To help these refugees is a simple human duty. As Americans, as a people made up largely of the descendants of refugees, we feel that duty with special keenness.”
Increase in immigration was coincidental to Ronald Reagan's approach to El Salvador. The Jimmy Carter administration put a big emphasis on human rights. “Refugees are the living, homeless casualties of one very important failure on the part of the world to live by the principles of peace and human rights,” Carter said. “To help these refugees is a simple human duty. As Americans, as a people made up largely of the descendants of refugees, we feel that duty with special keenness.”