One stand in particular on which Kennedy might well have been on common ground with today’s conservatives is illegal immigration. In response to a question from Newsmax on Monday at a forum of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C., panelist and AEI scholar Richard Kahlenberg agreed that Kennedy would definitely have been a strong opponent of illegal immigration. Indeed, he disagreed with many in the Democratic Party of 1968 in terms of liberal positions. John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. © 2025 Newsmax.