It’s been more than 30 years since then-Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., paid a visit to the White House to lean on President Ronald Reagan about enacting what today is viewed by some as the “Reagan amnesty.”
“It’s high time we regained control of our borders, and this bill will do it,” Ronald Reagan said.
In his book, “Reagan: The Life,” H.W. Brands writes about the president’s interpretation of a 1986 immigration bill at the time.
“Al Simpson came by to see if he had my support,” Reagan recorded in October 1986, shortly after the measure cleared the House. “They have one or two amendments we could do without, but even if the Senate conference can’t get them out, I’ll sign it. It’s high time we regained control of our borders, and this bill will do it.”
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The legislation at the time was widely viewed as an enforcement-first measure, said then-Attorney General Edwin Meese III, who advised Reagan on the matter along with other Cabinet officials.
“It is very definitely a teachable moment,” Meese, the Ronald Reagan distinguished fellow emeritus at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal, when asked how the 1986 legislation might inform President Donald Trump in his negotiations with congressional Democrats on codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), implemented by his predecessor.
The Reagan amnesty of 2.7 million illegal immigrants was paired with the promise of controlling the border and penalizing employers who hire illegal immigrants. The legislation was better known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act, named for its sponsors, Simpson and then-Rep. Romano Mazzoli, D-Ky.
The problem with the 1986 law was that the promised enforcement didn’t occur, but the amnesty did, Meese said.
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65 and 4 months | 40 | $783 | 21.67% | $366 | 26.67% | |
65 and 6 months | 42 | $775 | 22.50% | $362 | 27.50% | |
65 and 8 months | 44 | $766 | 23.33% | $358 | 28.33% | |
65 and 10 months | 46 | $758 | 24.17% | $354 | 29.17% | |
66 | 48 | $750 | 25.00% | $350 | 30.00% | |
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66 and 10 months | 58 | $708 | 29.17% | $329 | 34.17% | |