Amnesty was wrong the first two times and made the problem worse both times. It was also passed by Congress those times if my memory is correct. Now that we know it’s a failure, there is no excuse for Obama to usurp congressional power for this foolish policy.
What RR did 25 years ago was on a tiny scale compared to what Benito Obama has in mind. Plus, there has been a gigantic cultural and socioeconomic shift. Culturally, the pro-illegal movement has become powerful, pervasive and virulent in its assault on the rule of law and national sovereignty, coupled with the intense leftward shift in Democrat circles. Socioeconomically, we are in the midst of a massive invasion of illegals who are overwhelming virtually every social program, school systems, hospitals, prisons and the legal system. All that was not in play when RR did whatever he did, counting on the good faith of DemocRats who said that the amnesty was the last.