Which of the following was a key provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act?
A. Hiring illegal immigrants was decriminalized.
B. Illegal immigrants who arrived north of the Rio Grande would be allowed to stay, while those apprehended in the river itself would be returned to Mexico.
C. The United States would waive environmental and other laws to allow for the construction of a massive fence between the United States and Mexico.
D. Illegal immigrants who had been in the United States before January 1, 1982, were granted amnesty.
Answer: D
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