(1) What a fair view of the immigration problem President Bush Senior exhibits in this youtube video of a primary debate (1980) he had with Reagan. (2) Reagan himself, during the debate, says this:
“Rather than talking about putting up a fence… Make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then while they’re working and earning here, they pay taxes here. And then when they want to go back they go back. Open the border both ways by understanding their problems.”
(He seems to envision the specter of a communist Mexico, and this as an incentive to assuage Mexico’s unemployment problem.) (3) Found on Vox on the occasion of the death of Nancy Reagan.
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