IRCA's State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants (SLIAG): Early Implementation

摘要

The Note focuses on the implementation of the State Legalization ImpactAssistance Grants (SLIAG), one of the provisions of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). SLIAG is a $4 billion program created by Congress to reimburse state and local governments for services they provide to aliens becoming legal residents under IRCA's amnesty program. The Note should be of interest to decisionmakers, program administrators, and service providers who want to understand the critical implementation issues in the first few years of SLIAG operations.