One, they probably underestimated and undercounted. The other
half of the equation was there was a lot of fraud that got in the door
that was processed also. And so we end up with about 3 million newly amnestied Americans that
have a pass to citizenship who have been rewarded for violating
America's immigration laws, many of them rewarded for committing the
crime of unlawful entry into the United States of America and many of
them operating with false documents. That was the path 30 years ago. After that bill was signed and the results of it became evident, then
President Reagan reversed his position and announced that he regretted
that he had signed the Amnesty Act of 1986.
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