“Likewise, Reagan’s vision of Immigration in 1988 is NOTHING like the ILLEGAL Charlie Foxtrot we have today. “
Total nonsense. Reagan’s view of how immigration should operate is the same as open borders / no wall RINO Republican.
Because that is what it was.
Here he is in his own words in 1980.
https://youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok?t=92
I disagree with your characterization of my interpretation of Reagan’s stance on immigration as “total nonsense”. The context is important.
The situation in 1980 is not even in the same galaxy of what is happening today. Reagan wasn’t perfect by any means, as he did sign the Democrat immigration bill which they immediately ignored any strictures on.
His stance on immigration back then was for an illegal flow that was numbering in the 600K to 700K per annum in 1980 when he was running for President at the time that video.
And we actually had some border enforcement then.
Now, it is in the millions, and that is only the encounters where someone is stopped or turns themself in. Not even close to the same scale, or even in the same ballpark.
Reagan my indeed have been more of a centrist in that day when some Democrats existed who weren’t angling for the downfall of this country, but that is much different than being a centrist today.