Speaker 1: Um Patti Rodriguez our new podcast, Out of the Shadows,
Speaker 1: Children of eighty six. It's about people like our parents
Speaker 1: who left their homes to follow the promise of America
Speaker 1: and a dream historically kept just out of reach for
Speaker 1: black and brown immigrants. Oh. We cross the river at night, uh,
Speaker 1: and the water covers meat up to my shoulders. Were scared.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because I was so young. Do you remember
Speaker 1: what year that was? Oh, the year was nineteen eighty six.
Speaker 1: That's my mom talking about the year that changed everything.
Speaker 1: When millions of immigrants living in the US illegally and
Speaker 1: their children stepped out of the shadows. They were afraid
Speaker 1: of Lama, they were afraid of grades. People would run
Speaker 1: away and they would hide. But in one stroke of
Speaker 1: a pen changed the nation, allowing millions of immigrants and
Speaker 1: their children and their children's children to plan roots in
Speaker 1: this country. That's when President Ronald Reagan signed Erica, an
Speaker 1: immigration reform bill that would be considered radical today. Like
Speaker 1: if that never happened, like I would not be doing
Speaker 1: what I do. I'm grateful for the amnesty, and also
Speaker 1: I'm aware that that didn't fix everything. I have the
Speaker 1: same rights as the president of the same right, we'll
Speaker 1: dive deep into the complicated legacy of a president who
Speaker 1: became an unexpected savior to some three million undocumented immigrants.
Speaker 1: My mom loved Ronald Reagan. She prays for him all
Speaker 1: the time. I mean, I think Ronald Reagan was the devil.
Speaker 1: We weren't supposed to come out of the shadows, but
Speaker 1: we did and changed America for good. Listen to Out
Speaker 1: of the Shadows Children of eighty six on my Heart Radio, app,
Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.