Ronald Reagan: “Good for you, and I support you.”

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…

America is the shining city on the hill. Welcome all who enter to follow their dreams.

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

It was a message of peace.