Ronald Reagan: “The U.S. and Japan will encourage private industry in both countries to discuss the possibility of concluding long-term…”

Yes, always has been.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

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.