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Ronald Reagan was Presbyterian who was incredibly and simultaneously stern, compassionate, inspiring and motivating to Americans. He made people proud to be American and to try harder but he was no pushover and everyone knew this.

As for his actions on immigration, RR did not have the benefit of hindsight as we have today. Latinos represented a minuscule portion of the population during RR’s terms and their numbers inside the USA were not clear at all. There were practically no day laborer centers with hundreds of Mexicans or homes with 25 and 30 Mexicans living in them or so many on food stamps and Medicaid. Practically none of that existed in RR’s time. It was estimated that only about 2 million would be granted amnesty. He also worked a deal to help foster industries inside Mexico as a way of enticing the population there to stay put.

And remember RR brought the economy roaring back to life so there were plenty of jobs for everyone. Remember too that Mexicans are like brothers to many of us; we don’t hate them. What we are against is how they are used by the democrats and how certain of their leaders advocate reconquista that signals they would never be loyal Americans but would always be required to have allegiance to Mexico.

If RR was President today, you can take it to the bank that he would with the knowledge and experience we have today, he would not support immigration reform in its present proposal.

RR would likely not have built the border fence either because he didn’t like walls. But he would have beefed up border security in every other respect and he would have pinned Mexico on a deal to cooperate on border security.

One thing is for sure, RR would have demolished the Ted Kennedy chain immigration because of the rampant abuses and costs it has created.

I know that Ronald Reagan always had America first in his heart.