D: permitted to become legal residents
The 1986 U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act provided a pathway for undocumented immigrants who met certain criteria to apply for legal resident status.
Because of the 1986 U.S Immigration Reform and Control Act, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants were
A: no longer eligible for public services in the United States
B: established as guest workers
C: increasingly deported if caught
D: permitted to become legal residents
E: encouraged to remain because of shortages of workers
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