OK, I have tried every Google query I can think of to find and read
"The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA"  I found the name
of the Bill but I could not find the bill number.  I was hoping to
find it on Thomas Library of Congress website (so I could read a
summary - but, I will will read the whole thing, if that is all that
is available.

This question will be answered by pointing me to a link where I can
read this bill (and telling me the bill number), hopefully somewhere
in "Thomas" so I can read the summary, but anywere is fine.  THEN,
TELLING ME HOW YOU QUERIED TO FIND IT.  I WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED BUT
. . . ALAS, I FAILED - THAT IS WHY I NEED YOU GUYS.

Howdy, Carolyn!

I hope I have found exactly what you're looking for.

The whole thing:

Legal Services Corporation, Office of Inspector General
http://www.oig.lsc.gov/legis/irca86.htm

Summaries on the Thomas Library of Congress site:

Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d099:SN01200:@@@D&summ1&

If the Thomas link is truncated because of the punctuation therein,
please try this link instead:

TinyURL link referral to Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://tinyurl.com/zznkr

Now for a summary of how I found the info. I started with this Google
search string:

Google Web Search: 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Immigration+Reform+and+Control+Act%22+1986

That led me to the "Legal Services Corporation Office of Inspector
General" page which contained the full text. I used a randomly-chosen
snippet of this text in my next Google search, which was restricted to
the Thomas site:

Google Web Search: site:thomas.loc.gov "PART B -- OTHER CHANGES IN THE
IMMIGRATION LAW
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Athomas.loc.gov+%22PART+B+--+OTHER+CHANGES+IN+THE+IMMIGRATION+LAW

I hope this helps. If this isn't precisely what you need, just send a
clarification request, and I'll be glad to try again!

Best always,
Pink

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Request for Answer Clarification by schmooz-ga on 06 May 2006 20:11 PDT

"Now for a summary of how I found the info. I started with this Google
search string:
Google Web Search: 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Immigration+Reform+and+Control+Act%22+1986"

Hiya Pink . . . hoping you're . . . in the Pink! Florida isa warmin
up! Most beautiful time of the year . . for another two weeks.
OK - now I get the ://www.google.com/search . . . but after that,
how did you collect the rest of that, starting with "search?hl= . . .
." ?

Of course - as always, you got me exactly what I asked for and I am
ready to rate.
BTW, the Google notification to my email for answers or requests for
clarification - no longer go to my email, the one I registered this
answers account with.  Must be going to a GMail account I opened but
rarely use.

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 07 May 2006 10:40 PDT

Carolyn,

Having lived in Florida in the past, I know what you mean about the
weather. I always found the "warmin up" part to be quite pleasant.
Once it was fully warmed, however, I felt as if I were roasting in an
oven and wished for a cooling breeze. Then -- oops -- the wish was
granted, and along came a tropical storm or a hurricane. Now I'm back
in Oklahoma, where I was born. No hurricanes here, just tornadoes.
Yikes. Never a dull moment. ;-)

Regarding the construction of my initial Google search string, it may
look more complicated than it actually was. All I did was type this
(complete with quotation marks) into the Google search window. Google
itself constucted the rest of the stuff in the link:

"Immigration Reform and Control Act" 1986

Best,
Pink

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 07 May 2006 10:47 PDT

Ouch, I see a typo in my remark above.

For "constucted," please read "constructed." I can actually spell
rather well, but my typing leaves much to be desired. Fingers go
faster than brain. ;-)

~Pink

What a difference some good quotes can make!!!!  I put in the same
phrase but without the "  "  I guess you gotta know where to put the
hammer before you slam the door!  Great Job. . . right on the mark, as
always!