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Reagan and Bush Discuss Immigration at a 1980 Debate

TIME · News · 3 min · 2017 · YouTube title: Reagan and Bush Debate Immigration, Border Fences, and Undocumented Children in 1980
Why it's here

Repeatedly posted in immigration threads to contrast 1980 Republican rhetoric with modern positions.

What it covers

A short clip of George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answering an audience question on illegal immigration at a 1980 Republican primary debate. Both take notably sympathetic positions, including on schooling for undocumented children.