[FreeReign]

While I thought that amnesty was wrong at the time, if the laws that were passed with it had been enforced, illegal immigration would be a ghost of it’s current reality.

True and I'm glad you brought that up.

If I remember correctly Tip and the Dems in Congress defunded most of the enforcement. Yet nowadays, it would be considered an act of "terrorism" for the Republicans to do the same with Obamacare.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. It should also be said that Democrats AND REPUBLICANS told Reagan they were only talking about one million foreigners.

Three point five million signed up.

Reagan was attempting to clean up over thirty years worth of illegals, at one million.

Today at 20 to 35 million, we’re trying to clean up 23 years worth.

Reagan was addressing an inflow of about 35,000 per year.

Today we’re addressing in inflow of as much as 1.5 million per year.

Some would claim it was because of Reagan’s actions. I submit it was the in-action of all those who followed him.