RR was adamantly against any pardoning of illegals in this country. He, unlike our current Pres., did not have majorities in both houses of Congress.
RR took the route that would, in his judgement, avail to change on this issue. He made a deal with Congress, to give a one-time amnesty in exchange for our borders being secured, in actuality, not talk.
RR kept his part of the bargain, the U.S. Congress did not.
An alike episode was played out when RR bit his tongue and agreed to raise corporate taxes, with the promise that spending would be cut four dollars to one. Again, it was RR's faith that others would be true to their word that proved to be his 'Achilles heal'.
Surely, you folks like to use this as an example of Reagan 'abandoning the cause', yet you all never mention that it was he, and
no one else responsible for cutting individual tax rates to their lowest level since the inception of that tax.
Not to mention that "Saint Ronald Reagan" can be attributed to bringing about the dissolution of this world's most horrific terror...the former USSR.
I won't bother enumerating RR's benefactions to this nation, and the world. Those are easily found as well as documented.
As for your remarks regarding Mr. J:
You obviously know nothing about him...and I'm being polite in that assessment.
Stick to pithy comments, Pardons, it seems to be what you're most adept at.
Unlike you, I actually know a great deal about Thomas Jefferson and frankly, the more I learn about him, the less I like what I see. But do, please stick with what you know about him, from your fifth grade history books ; that way, you can keep him on that pedestal.
I know precisely what Reagan did and did NOT do as president. It drives me crazy, to have to keep posting the FACTS, the good with the bad, whenever one of you mythographers of of RR go into your song and dance; but, I do so, to keep the debate historically and factually correct.
The facts are, that Reagan DID have one of the Houses, during part of his presidency. It is also CORRECT, that unlike the purists here, he knew that some compromise was necessary, in order to get anything done, that he wanted done. You are now excusing him things, by saying that "Congress double crossed him". Fine, WONDERFUL, even; yet I bet that you don't do the same for GHW Bush, when he was bulldozed into raising taxes, BY THE CONGRESS, and keep on yammering about the "NO NEW TAXES" line. GAME, SET, AND MATCH! ;^)
Oh yes, this President Bush has a *wink, wink...nudge, nudge* majority in the Senate. So, of course, he, unlike Reagan should be able to just get anything and everything passed. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha
BTW.........Reagan NEVER said or did anything whatsoever about "securing" our "borders", by which, of course, you mean the one we share with Mexico, because none of the others matter an iota to you and your ilk.