Ronald Reagan: “I'm sure the people of our country will be equally as friendly and hospitable.”

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…

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

I'm sure they'll—as we will—they'll take it for what it is.

We understood the key to prosperity was low-inflationary growth, and we achieved it.