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Of course Reagan meant [white] immigrants.
Agreed, and I think maybe we should remove the plaque from the Statue of Liberty as it clearly no longer applies.
Reagan was an idiot about a lot of things. His policies were often at odds with his rhetoric which was quite progressive for its time and place. If you listened to him though, he was not openly hostile to immigration. Neither him nor H.W. where on the scale of today's right.
https://youtu.be/YsmgPp_nlok
I really think the right of the 80s/90s is way different than todays right.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America
ah I'm mistaken. why do they hate NATO so much?
Woah your saying the right is suddenly anti-immigration now? That is really nonsensical and ignores a lot of history.
Did you watch that clip of H.W. and Reagan? The rhetoric is clearly pro-immigration. They are the "right" I am referring to in history and where they are at on the Overton Window. It also depends on what you mean by immigration. At that point in time, the Overton Window was center right.
Their rhetoric at the time was more friendly, but Regan deported more than Obama, Trump, or Biden
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1gbdxut/oc_deportations_and_total_cases_under_us/
Go back and read my comment. I said his rhetoric didn't match his policies.
Watch the video.
Regan deported a lot more than Barrack, Trump, and Biden.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1gbdxut/oc_deportations_and_total_cases_under_us/
Right. The rhetoric didn't match with the policies.
The video, if you'll ever watch it, shows them talking about things thier policies didn't line up with.
Yeah it was a different time for sure having two Republicans talking so positively about immigration reform.
Clearly they aren't sending their best.