Not really, you dodged.
Ronald Reagan was all about the rule of law, he was also an unusual combination of an idealist and a pragmatist.
As a communicator, he would elevate the idea, as a politician, he would identify and work within the reality of the issue.
He knew that finding, rounding up, and removing three million people who did not wish to be found, rounded up, and removed, would cause far more damage to the rule of law than the actual act of amnesty. He knew that the very same rule of law, would not allow for the military solutions called for by those he termed "radical conservatives". So, he opted for a realistic approach.
What he failed to do was to implement the program that Arnold is talking about. Perhaps Ronnie thought that NAFTA would eliminate the need for Mexican nationals to seek employment in the U.S. by improving their job market at home.
I’m in no way in favor of illegal immigration, I am however, a pragmatist, and wish to see a realistic approach to a real problem taken by someone, and no one has proposed a plan that would pass constitutional muster to find, round up, and remove ten million people from our soil.