Which issue largely related to mexico became a major controversy in the 1990s?
reduction in border patrols
illegal immigration
cheap production of goods
drugs

Well the production of cheap goods is an answer.  Many Americans feared that the importation of cheap goods from Mexico would threaten their products as free trade under the Clinton Administration was established and many American businesses were against this.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts