1. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AMNESTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRANTS.
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Orrenius, Pia M. and Zavodny, Madeline
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ECONOMIC impact of emigration & immigration , *AMNESTY , *UNDOCUMENTED immigrants , *IMMIGRATION law , *LABOR supply , *IMMIGRANTS , *IMMIGRATION policy , *IMMIGRATION reform , *HISTORY , *ECONOMICS , *ECONOMIC history , *UNITED States history - Abstract
The article discusses the economic repercussions of the U.S. government's granting amnesty to illegal immigrants since the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Economic consequences, including an increase of tax revenues, the improvement of the economic conditions of immigrant families, the loss of a cheap, flexible workforce and an increase of government transfers, are discussed. An overview of the history of U.S government policy towards illegal immigrants, including the 1996 Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and the 1997 Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), is presented.
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- 2012