Ronald Reagan: “The security of our people should take precedence over partisan politics.”

I don't say that we're not prepared.

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…

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.