https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/07/23/1980s-expected-to-set-mark-as-top-immigration-decade/9ecd472f-e691-4d49-a0f4-00a3200250f5/ The 1980s had millions of immigrants coming across the boder, but back them Ronald Taegen admitted them all, he was a Republican. https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/history