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around the begining of immigration
This Hasn't been a problem until later years -
lowest immgration population
38,355,000 illegal immigrants -
1985 immigration act
required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status;
made it illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants. -
Immigration population
"About 175,000 immigrants applied for amnesty at Orange County's three legalization offices under the first phase of the program." -
1993 Statistics
257,592,000 Illegal immigrants -
Immigration starts to rise.
47,392,143 Immigrants -
population doubles
"The nation’s immigrant population has doubled since 1990, nearly tripled since 1980, and quadrupled since 1970, when it stood at 9.7 million".