Ronald Reagan: “Big government becoming Big Brother, pushing parents aside, interfering with one parental responsibility after another…”

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

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…

It was a message of peace.

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