George Bush Sr. in Reagan-Carter Presidential Debate

On Immigration: 1980: Illegal aliens attend public schools like citizens do

BUSH: I'd like to see something done about the illegal alien problem that would be so sensitive, and so understanding about labor needs, and human needs, that that problem wouldn't come up. But today, if those people are here, I would reluctantly say they would get whatever it is, what society is giving their neighbors. But the problem has to be solved. We're creating a whole society of really honorable, decent, family- loving people that are in violation of the law, and secondly we're exacerbating relations with Mexico.

REAGAN: The time has come that the US & our neighbor to the south should have a better understanding and a better relationship than we've ever had.