Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased, however, that you will continue to serve our Administration in a new assignment.”

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

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…

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.