Question

Up until the 1970s, over 80 percent of Mexicans who came to the United States were temporary farmworkers. The passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, and subsequently the 1986 mass legalization laws, resulted in:

Answer 1

As a result of the 1965 and 1986 Acts on immigration, a situation developed where there was a decrease in the supply of immigrant farmworkers.

The 1965 and 1986 Immigration Acts meant that:

• Mexicans could come in based on family ties
• Mexicans could come in based on work skills

Immigrants from Mexico no longer had to become farm workers when they came in as a result and so the number of immigrant farm workers decreased as people came in for other jobs and family ties.

In conclusion, these Acts reduced immigrant farmworker supply.

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