Gracias: 1980s amnesty turned California into a solidly blue state
Antonio Gracias · DOGE updates + Liberation Day Tariff Reactions with Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias · Apr 4, 2025 · at 36:44
Investor Antonio Gracias discusses demographic and political shifts following federal immigration amnesty policies while reflecting on California's political history.
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“Ronald Reagan signed amnesty, and you know, some, four years later, it is now a solidly blue state, and I think some of us on this program, I know you, Jason, are a refugee from California because of that, because of some of those policies, and I want to be, I want you to be careful about this, because it is actually the tip of the iceberg, man.”
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