Ronald Reagan: “Too many Americans have had to suffer the effects of crime while too many of our leaders have stuck to the old…”

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

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…

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