As the nation's attention turns back to the fractured debate over immigration, it might be helpful to remember that in 1986, Ronald Reagan signed... A Reagan Legacy: Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants As ...

Every few years, some brave souls in Congress propose immigration reform — and every time it happens, critics react with the same knee-jerk accusation: “Amnesty!” But this radioactive charge is ...

“I think he did it for the right reasons, but I think it ended up working the wrong way,” Rubio said of Reagan’s 1986 amnesty plan. Rubio is right: Ronald Reagan’s 1986 amnesty was a disaster for both ...

"I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally," Ronald Reagan said in 1984. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...