The Immigration Debate During the early 1980s there was in influx of undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Many of those immigrants got a chance of the American dream when President Reagan passed the Amnesty act in 1986. What they didn't do was enforce the border. That led many more people to come illegally and become part of this country. Many of those people were kids who had no idea they were illegal. Many of them started realizing they were illegal when they couldn't work, get a driving permit or when they applied for financial aid. Today we call them the "Dreamers", this young people have fought so hard to become part of this nation, because this nation was ingrained into them. In school they learned about the civil rights, women rights, and what it takes for this nation to wake up and realize that something is not right.