Reagan understood the imp contribution all migrants made.
https://www.boundless.com/blog/reagan/#:~:text=He%20called%20for%20the%20millions%20of%20undocumented,status%20%E2%80%94%20without%20encouraging%20further%20illegal%20immigration.&text=This%20provision%20%E2%80%94%20which%20Reagan%20himself%20referred,moral%20character%E2%80%9D%20and%20learning%20to%20speak%20English
See also
A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States
This Hispanic Reading Room research guide focuses on 20th & 21st century US court cases, legislation, & events that had important impacts on #CivilRights in Chicana/o/x, Hispanic, Latina/o/x, Mexican-American & Puerto Rican communities
https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/irca#:~:text=Congress%20enacted%20the%20Immigration%20Reform,complete%20interviews%20and%20medical%20examinations
At the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220927194126/https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights?utm_source=%F0%9F%93%8C+Este+%23MesDeLaHeren...+2022-09-26+15%3A27%3A25&utm_medium=%5BTwitter%5D+Consulmex+Tucson