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—Rising levels of illegal immigration led to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. This gave amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants and in return the US would increase border security.
—President Reagan, in 1986, signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which legalized close to 3 million undocumented immigrants.
—The Simpson-Mazzoli bill contained three promises which were that the government would make a concerted effort to control the borders, an effective employer verification program would ensure that only legal workers were hired, and a one-time amnesty would be granted for people illegally in the United States.

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—When Ronald Reagan was running for presidency he had proposed a “North American accord” in which commerce & people would move freely across the borders of Canada & Mexico.
—In 1981 oil prices had fallen, inflation has risen, and Mexico was deep in debt.
—The United States government devalues the peso three times in 1982, and this results in higher inflation and lower real wages.

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—Bush vetoed a bill that would have allowed Chinese students to stay in the US after their visas expired.
—“I strongly favor every child learning to speak English, but I don’t think we need a federal law. I worry about prejudice against Hispanics, particularly, and I am afraid the ‘English First’ debate could stir up prejudice and curtail linguistic education programs that I think are absolutely essential to teach all Americans to speak English properly,” All the Best letter from George Bush.

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—Congress would not accept new states if they didn’t have an English speaking majority.
—Clinton reassured Mexico and other immigrants that there would not be mass deportations.
—In 1995 the Clinton administration sent a proposal to congress that involved adding 700 new border patrol officers and increased penalties for illegal immigrants.
—The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), is a pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and this began in January 1, 1994. Through this agreement they planed to eliminate tariffs over fifteen years and make the signatories the second-largest trading bloc after the European Union. NAFTA opens the door to new institutional relationships between the United States and Mexico on issues including military training, environmental degradation at the border, central bank cooperation, and rule of law. One of the biggest things had to offer however was trade in between these North American countries.

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—“Today, largely because of immigration, there is no majority race in Hawaii or Houston or NYC. Within 5 years there will be no majority race in our largest state, California. In a little more than 50 years there will be no majority race in the US. No other nation in history has gone through demographic change of this magnitude in so short a time." - Bill Clinton

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—With the help of 40% of Latino vote, George W. Bush was re-elected.
— "’We're a nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws,’ I said. ‘We're also a nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in so many ways.’”  - George W. Bush.
— In 2005 George W. Bush talked about the catch and release policy, and said that it was an inefficient way of doing things and it was putting American Citizens at risk.
—In December of 2005 Cardinal Mahony sent a letter to President Bush saying that the Catholic Church did not approve of the current immigration policies that the US was making and Cardinal Mahony also said, “our golden rule has always been to serve people in need--not to verify beforehand their immigration status."

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—George Bush believed that massive deportation was unrealistic, that it would simply not work.
—In 2004 George Bush commented on the Minuteman project. He admitted that at first he was a bit skeptical, but the more he learned about it and saw their impact, he was not only impressed but he encouraged and supported the project.
—The United States attention towards Mexico fades after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
—In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security is created, they make the INS more “effective” as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
—After  the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, U.S. border security intensifies, in 2004.

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Through this project I learned about how immigration and immigration policies in the United States changed through time. I got to understand how immigration changed with different presidents in charge. For this project it was a bit difficult to find the information in between the given time periods or comments of the presidents themselves on immigration, comments that were actually impactful. The more recent comments and events were easier to find than the older ones, which in turn were harder to research. I believe immigration was an important topic then and now, and that it has been steadily becoming more strict. We need to do something addressing illegal immigration,  there’s too many people running from persecution that we could help, people wanting to work here, and people just wanting a better life. “The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.”(Lyndon B. Johnson)

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Ronald Reagan on Immigration, www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Ronald_Reagan_Immigration.htm.

“Timeline: U.S.-Mexico Relations.” Council on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, www.cfr.org/timeline/us-mexico-relations.

Zong, Jie, et al. “Mexican Immigrants in the United States.” Migrationpolicy.org, 31 Oct. 2018, www.migrationpolicy.org/article/mexican-immigrants-united-states.