Ted Kennedy started the mess with his immigration reform act. He did not want this nation to keep accepting Europeans. Very soon we may well have the majority speaking Spanish.
"This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1-1.3 million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another Amnesty Bill like this." Ted Kennedy, 1986
The progressives schooled the liberals to blame Reagan for the Democrats failure to secure the borders henceforth. Period!