Ronald Reagan: “I seek to remind America and the world of the debt we owe to the Irish people.”

America's freedom does not belong to just one nation.

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

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

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…