Border enforcement and control at the major points of entry and exit on the southern border between the United States and Mexico, had long been largely left alone throughout the decades, aside from a few flare ups, that is until the 1990s. However, it was the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, which would become the fuel waiting to be ignited in the coming decade. While, IRCA was intended to solve illegal immigration issues, along with other associated immigration problems, it decidedly set the conditions for what was already a deteriorating illegal immigration crisis. The main outcome in the passing of IRCA served to reinforce illegal immigration through the legalization of those who has already entered, and
