irca provided that.he legalization program is one of many historical examples of legalization or other people might call it amnesty. this as i'll touch on briefly in a bit is poignant in a current unaction status to undocumented illegals in the dacka program. the latter of which i was considered the scream which in which we should hear about soon. my other provision, irka dictated that the other worker who is could qualify had to prove that they resided in the united states for at least 90 days in seasonaling a cultural services during the type of may 1985 to 19 6. so this it will require for them to real estate main in the labor pool. the professor has written the propo nens of the program. therefore guaranteeing a cheap labor force. contained a irka more legalization. immigrants who have been residing in the united states since january 1982 could petition for an 18-month long resident sfa us the. and led them to permanent status. including lack of a felony conviction and nonsstration of a minimal under

champion of irca in 1986. and continue to talk about it up until the time he left office. i find it interesting. when people talk about what reagan meant. what were its long-term events -- fx? championship of it. he was proud of having signs the provision. wasn't that statement consistent with his speech before the berlin wall. politicians are not always consistent. >> there not? [laughter] they wanted to cross the border from doing so. if we had to have walls, make sure they are big enough. those never thought about two coup. >> since you are talking about immigration of women, can you comment on the current numbers of women and children crossing the border from the northern triangle. my most recent article is coming out now. it talks about women and children and how the government put them in jail. this is this perspective of women. what i talk about specifically is how our rhetoric of immigration has changed so profoundly in the last 30 years. we have the most formidable of violence. are fleeing it is the way in which we respond to them. the retest the way they are supp