Today is the 40th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s signing of the , the big amnesty-for-enforcement deal that was supposed to fix illegal immigration for the future.
How’d that work out?
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President Ronald Reagan prepares to sign the Immigration Reform and Control Act at the White House on November 6, 1986. Behind him, from left, are Rep. Peter Rodino, Sen. Alan Simpson, Vice President George H. W. Bush, and Sen. Strom Thurmond.
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Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
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