![I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to its stool which was wishful thinking. And that pattern of a four-legged stool was copied in the failed attempts to enact a second and bigger general amnesty for illegal aliens in 2006, 2007, and in the current year 2013.](/assets/img/quote-photos/ive-always-said-that-the-1986-immigration-reform-and-control-act-had-a-fourth.jpg)
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