No, I am saying that Reagan instantly gave citizenship path to all illegals. No delay, no conditions!
Any republican trying to do that today would be burned at the stake on FR.
The country as a whole is more liberal today than during the 1980’s.
No, Congress did that. A Democratic Congress. Bad enough they had to lie to Reagan to get him to sign it.
To say that “any Republican who would do that today etc.” implies that everyone was further left back when Simpson-Mazzoli became law.