We've through this 100 times, but I'll ask it once more...if Reagan were President today do you think he'd make that same mistake again? Because we did it once doesn't mean we keep doing it. Especially since it's proven itself to do nothing but encourage more illegal immigration.
Enforce the law.
Then what's the problem? This is exactly what most of us are saying on these threads. Close the borders and enforce the laws.
Yes.
Remember your hero's words...
"Give us your tired/poor/huddled masses yearning to be free..."
Reagan's plan wasn't that bad but it got changed by others. Reagan only meant to legalize a couple hundred thousand, not over 3 million most who weren't here working. Reagan's plan was that the illegal had to prove they had been here working for 5 years but all that was changed so they didn't have to prove anything. If just the few who have worked hard and never accesses a single government service and always paid their own way for everything were to be given amnesty this time it wouldn't be so bad but it wouldn't work that way.