The purpose of the Immigration Reform and Control (Simpson-Rodino) Act of 1986 was to
A) stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States by penalizing employers who hired undocumented workers.
B) set quotas for the number of immigrants to be accepted into the United States from various regions of the world.
C) establish methods of tracking immigrants, especially those from the Middle East, once they entered the United States.
D) bar entry into the United States of all non-English-speaking immigrants intending to seek citizenship.

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The Immigration Reform and Control (Simpson-Rodino) Act of 1986 was aimed at reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the United States by penalizing employers who hired them. The Act made it illegal for employers to knowingly hire undocumented workers and established fines for those who did. The Act also provided a path to legal status for some undocumented immigrants who had been living in the US for a certain amount of time. Setting quotas, tracking immigrants, and barring entry based on language were not the goals of this Act.

The Purpose of the Immigration Reform and Control (Simpson-Rodino) Act