So the question becomes, can we find a path back to work? And I voted for all this. And In 1986, we passed the Simpson Mazzoli Act. We thought we were giving amnesty to 300,000. Turned out to be 3 million. Yeah. And Reagan, in his diary says, I signed the bill because we were going to get control of the border, and we're going to have a work permit system so we could control immigration. (05:19–05:28)
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Asserts that the Simpson Mazzoli Act intended to give amnesty to 300,000 but resulted in 3 million.
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