Hey everybody, welcome to left, right, and center. I am David Green, your host, Moe.

Lathe is here. He has worked on many Democratic campaigns, now runs the Georgetown Institute

for Politics and Public Service. Alice Stewart is here. She's worked on many Republican

campaigns. You can catch her now as a commentator on CNN. How are you both doing?

Doing great. Doing great in a busy week, right?

I would say so. And I want to dig right in. And so I want to talk this week about a

president facing a crisis at the US Southern border. You know, trying to balance the need

to secure the border with the history of our country is a welcoming place for immigrants.

But I am actually not talking about Joe Biden in 2023. It's another president almost 40

years ago, and I'm sure you both know what I'm talking about. Ronald Reagan.

Exactly. Okay, here he is. It is true. Our borders are out of control. It is also true

that this has been a situation in our borders back through a number of administrations.

And I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down

roots and who have lived here, even though some time back, they may have entered illegally

with regard to the employer sanctions. This, we must have that. Not only to ensure that

we can identify the illegal aliens, but also while some keep protesting about what it would

do to employers, there is another employer that we shouldn't be so concerned about. And

these are employers down through the years who have encouraged the illegal entry into

this country because they then hire these individuals and hire them as starvation wages.

And with none of the benefits that we think are normal and natural for workers in our country,

and the individual can't complain because of their illegal status. We don't think that

those people should be allowed to continue operating free. Ronald Reagan there, 1984 at

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