Ronald Reagan: “I can't believe that it's going to be permanent.”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

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.

We've only heard the same as you've heard: that he has been suggesting doing something of this kind.

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…