[floozy22]

Pretty much exactly in line with the usual McCain Republican talking points...All they’ve done is play with words. But a pathway to citizenship IS amnesty. Every thinking conservative knows this.

Back in 1986...

Reagan's words and deeds regarding immigration were equally expansive. At a ceremony at Ellis Island in 1982, he spoke movingly of immigrants who "possessed a determination that with hard work and freedom, they would live a better life and their children even more so." As with trade, Reagan's record on immigration was mixed. He signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which included stepped up border enforcement and sanctions against employers who knowingly hire illegal workers. But that legislation also legalized 2.8 million undocumented workers. More immigrants entered the United States legally under President Reagan's watch than under any previous U.S. president since Teddy Roosevelt. Cato.org 4/24/04

I guess by EV's standards, Ronald Reagan was not conservative, and if was running today wouldn't be an acceptable candidate.

[EternalVigilance]

Amnesty is amnesty no matter who pushes it, or what words they use to describe it.

Are you saying that since Reagan signed off on amnesty that makes it okay? Or what?

The plumb line is principle, not personality. Not even if the personality is Reagan.

[backwoods-engineer]

I guess by EV's standards, Ronald Reagan was not conservative, and if was running today wouldn't be an acceptable candidate.

True, because Reagan was a Republican, and wouldn't run under the "American Independent Party," i.e. Sore Loser Friends of Allan Keyes, of which EV is Head Sore Loser.