No he did not. You don't even know the reason for Reagan's amnesty nor the scope. If you want an example of a true blanket amnesty that was the gold standard. 3 million overnight, NO questions asked. Now for a cupie doll, why did Reagan push for that action?
Yes, he did. Look it up.
You don't even know the reason for Reagan's amnesty nor the scope.
How do you know? The democrats totally gutted most of Reagan's original controls in the Amnesty proposal and made a mockery of it. What was supposed to be a very limited Amnesty turned out to be Amnesty for millions. Why do you think, given our government's horrendous track record of managing anything to do with immigration, that Bush's Amnesty will be any better?
Texasforever, jla after some research on this I CANNOT counter your claims. While it is true that Reagan's amnesty was poorly handled, from everything I have gathered it was the blanket amnesty that you described. Reagan sold it however as a one-time deal and final solution to end illegal immigration as we knew it back then. Of course the amnesty predictably only encouraged more illegal immigration.
Also, I could NOT find any remark from Reagan that suggested he thought his amnesty was a mistake or failure. I have queried a number of people about this and some think he did say something to this effect others were not sure so I'll concede that point to you also.
I enjoyed our exchange a few days ago. In the end the only thing I really care about is the truth, however that shakes out.