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To: dragnet2
Sadly, the consequence of embolded illegals is the result of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 signed into law by President Reagan. Back then the estimated number of illegals was 2 - 3 million. When those law breakers received amnesty it taught today's illegals that overwhelming the system will lead to American citizenship. So now we have an estimated 12 - 20 million illegals.

President Ronald Reagan signed that bill into law with great fanfare amid promises that it would grant legal status to illegal immigrants, crack down on employers who hired illegal workers and secure the border once and for all. Instead, fraudulent applications tainted the process, many employers continued their illicit hiring practices, and illegal immigration surged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/washington/23amnesty.html

63 posted on 11/15/2010 12:09:15 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: dragnet2

embolded = emboldened


64 posted on 11/15/2010 12:10:16 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
It was under *Bush*, where a historic, unprecedented massive marches on our cities and towns occurred, by millions of illegal aliens.

This did not occur under President Reagan, Tex.

68 posted on 11/15/2010 12:15:30 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Reagan did the amnesty thing 25 years ago...There were only a 2 or 3 million in country...Our jails, classrooms, schools, hospitals, and socials services were not being choked off and destroyed.

No one even considered this it to be an "Invasion" 25 years ago.

During the last 8 years of Bush, our borders became an absolute free for all, with a conga-ling of millions entering. Those that had a belly full and went down to the borders to help stop this invasion, were called Vigilantes by Bush...

During Bush, credible estimates of *30* million were believed to have entered illegally...

The Texas border became a war zone under Bush....

Parkland Hospital in Dallas is now delivering almost 1000 illegal alien babies per month!

So what did Bush do recently?

Bush attempted to shove amnesty down our throats, when the American people were *clearly* *overwhelmingly* against it.

Lets see if you can be honest here.

Question:

Considering everything above, do you believe if Reagan were president in 2008, he would have attempted to shove an amnesty down our throats when the American people were overwhelmingly against it?

72 posted on 11/15/2010 12:35:04 PM PST by dragnet2
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