St Ronnie granted Amnesty for some 2.9 million undocumented workers
The icon whose visage and legacy shows up whenever more than two Republicans get together to pound on Democrats isn't likely to be much in evidence today or in the coming days as GOPers trash President Obama's executive order on young immigrants. That icon, of course, is Ronald Reagan.
Here's Reagan on Oct. 28, 1984, in his debate with Walter Mondale:
"I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally."
Amnesty was a big part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that Reagan signed two years later. As a consequence, 2.9 million undocumented workers came out of the shadows and legally became what they already were in spirit: U.S. citizens.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100307/-What-would-Ronald-Reagan-say-about-Obama-s-immigration-order-today-How-about-Good-move
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Just like the fact that President Obama has deported more illegal immigrants than any other president, and shown a 70% increase in deporting criminals. They have been focusing on the deportation of the people that are destroying communities with crime, and yet the republicans act as if immigration is out of control now. Sorry, it was out of control under Bush.
Makes me sick that the MSM is so corporate owned and lame. How hard would it be for them to ADD that paragraph into their news stories??? 
