Reagan was lied to by his advisors.
The Deep State was born in 1980 to keep the Uniparty in control.
President Reagan grew up in a time when immigrants assimilated and helped to build America. That influenced his thought process and the way he governed. Thirty years removed from Magnus, immigration has morphed into a weapon to gain political power. A better question might be what Reagan think and what would his policies be in 2019.
Anyone who remembers Reagan remembers his amnesty as the setting of grand betrayal. Nothing he gave away in return for amnesty was fulfilled, and the act opened the floodgates for the insane mess we have today.
Immigrants are not the same as illegal aliens. Nothing close.
Nice speech. Wonder who wrote it. Peggy Noonan, maybe?
It’s time to shut the door. Lock it. Close the deadbolt. Put bars on the windows. We can’t afford and have nowhere to put more people.
Anyone know who that woman is next to Reagan? Her face rings a bell but I can’t think of her name.
Jared Kushner is crafting an immigration plan that we’re going to be expected to swallow and then smile.
RR got pantsed by the RATs on immigration....
We are told today that there are 11 million illegals (that number has been constant for about 20 years). In reality, there are about 30 million, plus their anchor baby offspring.
I'd say that approxinately 10-12% of the population of the US is here illegally - mostly in BLUE states. That is why the Democrats are fighting so hard to keep the citizenship question off the census.
I loved Reagan but this current crisis was actually caused by the 1986 amnesty.
“It is bold men and women, yearning for freedom and opportunity, who leave their homelands and come to a new country to start their lives over. They believe in the American dream”
Starting over with free sh*t for the rest of their lives from a declining and despised majority, you mean.
What is happening now is not immigration.
After all, he was deceived and then screwed by the Democrat Party once they had secured Amnesty from him while promising border security that hey refused to deliver on. One of the most devastating mistakes your father made as President Michael, and I speak as one that loved him from the moment he began his candidacy.
So far, President Trump outshines your father in my eyes, as far as Presidents go in my lifetime, but there will always be a special place in my heart for your father. He was a special person above all else.
If employers lived up to the bargain and OUR GOVERNMENT ENFORCED THE LAWS with fines and penalties we wouldn't have this immigration crisis today.
Reagan did later say that his biggest mistake was signing the 1986 Amnesty bill. Of course by then it was too late.
Even Ed Meese said that the 1986 amnesty was Reagan’s biggest mistake. When you reward something you get more of it.
When the Federal Courts ruled that illegals were to be given the same access to Safety Net benefits previously reserved for citizens along with education etc. the previous relationship was changed forever. I’m old enough to remember that even legal immigrants used to have to have a sponsor that would guarantee they would not be a burden to society, a far cry from today’s guaranteed rights immediately bestowed upon crossing our borders legally or illegally. And the States must pay for these benefits because the Federal government won’t do their job of securing our borders.
This has nothing to do with open borders or illegal immigration.
Increased productivity of labor also leads to increased average wage rates, and increased standard of living of the average worker.
Anyone who truly respects the memory of Ronald Reagan should not bring up immigration - the darkest chapter in his life!