Ronald Reagan: “I'm going to—I want to have a student from here be a pen pal, and we'll exchange letters.”

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.

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

It was a message of peace.