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Source 1:"But when all we do to make a citizen is to say, 'If you have been here illegally for a certain period of time, we will grandfather you in, we will give you amnesty,' that does not establish a very high standard for the integrity of this precious right of citizenship."-Source: Senator William Armstrong (R-CO), on the Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986, Congressional Record, 1986Source 2:"I also believe legalization is essential in order to regularize the status of those aliens who have built up equities in this country and who have contributed for years toward our economic and social well-being. . . . I wish to emphasize that with a 1982 date, we are talking about aliens who have been in this country almost five years — who have roots and families here—and who should be made a part of American society."-Source: Representative Peter Rodino (D-NJ), on the Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986, Congressional Record, 1986The authors' remarks in the two excerpts most directly reflected which of the following developments during the late twentieth century?

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