Ronald Reagan: “The entry of undocumented aliens from the high seas is hereby suspended and shall be prevented by the interdiction of…”

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.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

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…