Ronald Reagan: “In the words of Thomas Jefferson: 'If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never…”

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.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.