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To: WRhine
Perhaps you are not aware that Reagan admitted later in his presidency that he should have never agreed to the Amnesty in 1986.

Then make me aware and show me his actual quote.

Reagan was not a sovereignty trading fool like what he have in the White House today.

I didn't realize that the bill President Reagan signed, or the one just passed by the House, gave outright ownership of the United States to these immigrants.

Now let me tell you what Reagan did believe: he believed that America, unlike places as the USSR or Red China didn't have to build walls, real or symbolic, to keep people in, or keep out those seeking economic liberty and freedom.
Reagan had confidence in the ideals of Americanism, and conservatism.

And FYI, those who will benefit from the most recent bill have already been here. The only 'law' being broken is the ineptness of a gov.'t bureaucracy, the INS.

2,514 posted on 03/14/2002 3:17:25 AM PST by jla
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To: jla
Your constant insinuating that Ronald Reagan, unlike the current occupant of the White House, believed whoever could sneak, crawl, or get smuggled in past the border should be welcomed with open arms is getting tiresome. A quote from Ronald Reagan:

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Reagan said, would "regain control of our borders and thereby preserve the value of one of the most sacred possessions of our people, American citizenship."

And here's the source of the quote.

Please, in the future, don't compare Reagan to Bush. There isn't any. He understood the concept of borders and citizenship.

2,522 posted on 03/14/2002 4:19:31 AM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
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