By John Lillpop ——Bio and Archives--April 29, 2013
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“Future generations of Americans will be thankful for our efforts to humanely regain control of our borders and thereby preserve the value of one of the most sacred possessions of our people — American citizenship.”Unfortunately, for both America and the Gipper’s legacy, the IRCA has been an unmitigated disaster. Since IRCA became the law of the land, tens of millions of foreign illegal aliens have violated US borders, ignored immigration laws, jeopardized homeland security, and cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.
“Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country is essential. The way we treat our friends and neighbors who are undocumented – by creating a mechanism for them to earn citizenship and move out of the shadows – transcends the issue of immigration status. This is a matter of civil and human rights. It is about who we are as a nation. And it goes to the core of our treasured American principle of equal opportunity."Would Ronald Reagan subscribe to the notion that Equal opportunity now encompasses the right to ignore a sovereign nation’s borders, defy that nation’s immigration laws, and expect to be rewarded with citizenship? To wobbly-kneed Republicans on the cusp of joining the Barack Obama “Destroy America” brigade, ask yourself the following: How would Ronald Reagan regard the idea that illegal aliens have a “right” to US citizenship? Answer honestly, and vote accordingly, Republicans, and the insane, anti-American immigration reform proposed by the Gang of Eight and Barack Obama will be defeated with ease. Reject the amnesty sham, and there will remain a glimmer of hope for the Shining City on a Hill! Do it in memory of the Gipper!
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.