Ronald Reagan: “I have great hopes that after President Duarte's visit here there’s some reason for optimism.”

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.

Yes, always has been.

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

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…