{"id":5151,"date":"2021-05-09T00:23:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T00:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2021-05-09T00:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T00:23:27","slug":"immigration-politics-are-killing-the-debate-over-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5151","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Politics Are Killing the Debate Over Immigration Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“When it comes to immigration (legal or illegal), I still take cues from that radical social-justice warrior Ronald Reagan. “(I)t makes one wonder about the illegal alien fuss,” the Gipper said<\/a> in a 1977 radio address after a New England town restricted apple pickers to U.S. citizens and then couldn’t find enough people to do the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“One thing is certain in this hungry world; no regulation or law should be allowed if it results in crops rotting in the field for lack of harvesters,” he added. Reagan didn’t even shy away from the A-word. “I believe in the idea of amnesty<\/em> for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,” Reagan said<\/a> in his 1984 presidential debate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immigration Politics Are Killing the Debate Over Immigration Policy<\/a><\/blockquote>