I don't want this thread to get derailed, but the amnesty bill was the only compromising way to get everyone onboard with tighter border control and laws against illegal immigrants. He believed that everyone had the right to their roots that they established in America. The counter option, kicking every illegal out, would have never passed and America would have never gotten stronger border patrol without allowing those who had been here working and their families to stay.
I'm no Reagen fan, but to say he's the cause of America being so fucked up is incredibly short-sighted. He lowered the inflation rate, his military tactics aided in ending the Cold War, and he united an American that was tarnished by assassination's and job-losses (jobs increased tremendously under his reign). California turning forever blue is a side effect of lib agiprop, not their amenity granted under Reagen.