Ronald Reagan: “Our national parks, forests, waterways, monuments, and other public lands are national treasures that we hold in common.”

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

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

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.

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…