Ronald Reagan: “I recognize that many Members of Congress were faced with some hard decisions in supporting this legislation.”

It was a message of peace.

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…

Yes, always has been.