Ronald Reagan: “I believe that the proposed amendments will not be detrimental to United States shipping and should be accepted.”

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…

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.

It was a message of peace.