SCOTT MECHKOWSKI: Reagan’s Amnesty: Legalize those already here, then lock the door with employer sanctions and real enforcement. The legalization happened. Close to 3 million people got status. The enforcement never showed up. Employers figured out fast that a fake green card and a fake Social Security card satisfied the I-9.

Agricultural worker fraud ran wild. Washington looked the other way because cheap labor was good for business and new voters were good for politics. --Scott Mechkowski

Every caravan is a bet that the next deal makes them legal. In 1986 we proved them right. I spent 24 years dealing with what came after. Don't make that bet pay off again. https://t.co/15AEy0ejTS

— Scott Mechkowski (@ScottMechkowski) November 9, 2026

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@JDVance

Let’s look at Reagan’s Amnesty real quick: The deal was simple. Legalize those already here, then lock the door with employer sanctions and real enforcement. The legalization happened. Close to 3 million people got status. The enforcement never showed up, border security never happened! Employers figured out fast that a fake green card and a fake Social Security card satisfied the I-9. Agricultural worker fraud ran wild. Washington looked the other way because cheap labor was good for business and new voters were good for politics. I watched the result. Amnesty without enforcement doesn't solve illegal immigration. It advertises it. #NoAmnesty #massdepotations  

#Caravans #secureborder