Well I voted for Reagan in 80 and 84 and I did not vote for amnesty. We were promised ENFORCEMENT! We were promised ONE TIME AND ONE TIME ONLY. Like I said show me enforcement, show me a secure border and then we can talk. But without those two things first no plan goes anywhere with me or any other conservative.
We all want enforcement and - without doing much research - i’m sure Tip O’Neill and the Democrats of the time watered the bill down but he told America that he supported the concept of amnesty very clearly before the 84 election and he followed through and signed the bill.
I’ve seen no evidence that he regretted it. There are people who claim he supported gun control in his later years and wrote an op-ed but he was definitely a pro-gun president and that’s all that matters.
So long as you vote for them, they will produce 3 X 5 glossies with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining the picture (apologies to AG)