[SoConPubbie]

Immigration? He signed the law that Republicans now call amnesty for illegals.

The author also distorts and spins on this as well.

Reagan's immigration law had tough enforcement measures that were never enforced.

Also, Reagan did not have a previous failed Amnesty bill to guage against. I sincerely doubt, given his intelligence and fidelity to principle that if he were President today he would be pushing for the same thing. My guess is that he would now be going for an enforcement only bill.

And since the last time we tried this it did not work, tell me why we would try it again?

[TWohlford]

“Reagan’s immigration law had tough enforcement measures that were never enforced.”

Which, of course, is why we don’t trust anyone in DC with this issue. We accepted amnesty because we thought it would clean up a leak that had been fixed. Instead, the leak was never fixed, and the plumber got paid anyway, and now the same plumber wants to fix it plus send a much larger bill this time.

[WOSG]

“Immigration? He signed the law that Republicans now call amnesty for illegals.”
“The author also distorts and spins on this as well. “

Not Really.
The 1986 bill was amnesty and was called such back then.
And some predicted its bad effects and knew it was wrong.

“Reagan’s immigration law had tough enforcement measures that were never enforced. “
Well, Kennedy inserted that into the bill.

“Also, Reagan did not have a previous failed Amnesty bill to guage against.”

Wrong. There was a policy goign back to Carter that started the breakdown in immigration law enforcement.

Someday I will write a History book, called “blame Carter”,
where I explain how all the ills of our current world started with Jimmy Carter. Terrorism, energy mess, fiscal messups, cultural illiteracy, immigration mess ... Carter had a hand in all of ‘em.