I was in the work force and I was NOT happy about Reagan's amnesty at that time, and I am still not happy about it. It did show us that IT DIDN'T WORK to stem the flow. In fact things are worse now.
The thing I don’t understand is that people like yourselves (who lived through first time) are not shouting it from the rafters how it was a failed policy and did not work. George Bush jr was not part of politics during that time and in fact was partying pretty much during that time and maybe did not realize what was going on and the effect of the policies. I know that you are shouting from the rafters, but I am talking of the other 20 million or so.