Ronald Reagan: “That is my objective and one the United States is prepared to work energetically toward.”

Yes, always has been.

Rather than making them or talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we work out some recognition of our mutual problems, make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit, and then, while they’re working and earning…

It was a message of peace.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.