The illegal alien problem was no where near as bad under Reagan. Granted, he made the wrong move and the problem has gotten much worse.
When Reagan was Governor of CA he signed what is called in all the articles at the time “the most liberal abortion policy in the country”. Granted, today it looks like child’s play, but there’s no doubt that it opened the door to where we are today. Ditto amnesty.
“The illegal alien problem was no where near as bad under Reagan”
It was a drop in the bucket. Reagan had no way of knowing that all of the constraints in the bill would be ignored.