In his last presidential address in 1989, Ronald Reagan called this country's ability to attract immigrants "vital" and "one of the most important sources of America's greatness." He made no distinction between "legal" and "illegal"—immigrants, simply and generally, keep the U.S. "a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas."
This isn't something that you'll hear former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis say on the campaign trail. "We talk a lot about illegal immigration," said DeSantis at an event last week. "But no one really talks about the legal immigration system and there's some Republicans that say, 'As long as it's legal, it doesn't matter.' I don't subscribe to that."
