Reagan and his Democrats made sure that the criminal insane were turned into the streets. As stupid as his amnesty BS was.
Republicans put all the blame on Democrats.. with good reason, BUT you have to remember that Ronald Reagan is the president who ended locking up LOONS like the one who murdered this innocent young woman!
AI
His administration was instrumental in repealing much of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) and funding cuts that contributed to the broader deinstitutionalization movement, which shifted care from large state hospitals to community-based services for all mental health patients, not just those who were criminal.
Reagan’s Role: Reagan’s political efforts, particularly the repeal of the MHSA, were significant in dismantling the federal support for state-funded mental health services.
https://capitolweekly.net/the-republican-who-emptied-the-asylums/
We have to clean out our own house first! Sorry!
Thanks for the Reagan perspective, AuntB. I was unaware of that. Good background info.
“the 1981 report of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, chaired by the Reverend Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame, which was the inspiration for the 1986 amnesty”
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/more-echoes-last-amnesty-mark-krikorian/