Ronald Reagan: “Your enterprise will have tremendous impact on the political and economic future of the hemisphere.”

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

This is a great day.

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.