Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
323153140
label
Immigration Bill Signing 11/29/90 [OA 7563]
core
doc
dtoType
document
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
323153140
contentType
document
title
Immigration Bill Signing 11/29/90 [OA 7563]
citationUrl
identifierLocal
13740-002
collections
Records of the White House Office of Speechwriting (George H. W. Bush Administration)
Speech Backup Chronological Files
imageCount
1
hasImages
yes
source
import
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
naId
323153140
levelOfDescription
fileUnit
recordType
description
ocrSource
nara-archive
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
document
mediaId
b76c0828ba1154d2
ocrText
Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
S
S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File Backup Files
Subseries:
Chron File, 1989-1993
OA/ID Number:
13740
Folder ID Number:
13740-002
Folder Title:
Immigration Bill Signing 11/29/90 [OA 7563]
Stack:
Row:
Section:
Shelf:
Position:
G
26
21
1
7
July 2 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986
Proclamation 5509-Let Freedom Ring Day, 1986
person
as talen
July 2, 1986
Americ
work h
By the President of the United States
"Our father's God, to Thee, Author of
human
of America
Liberty, To Thee we sing,
good.
Long may our land be bright With Free-
The
A Proclamation
dom's Holy Light.
Americ
For centuries, great occasions have been
Protect us by Thy might, Great God, Our
creed,
marked by the ringing of bells. When
King."
been di
America's Independence was proclaimed in
The Congress, by House Joint Resolution
deep lo
Philadelphia more than two centuries ago,
664, has designated July 3, 1986, as "Let
them I
the Liberty Bell announced the glad
Freedom Ring Day" and authorized and re-
hearts
news-those joyful and triumphant words of
quested the President to issue a proclama-
tribute
Leviticus graven on the bell itself:
tion in observance of this event.
great
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land,
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, Presi-
riches
unto all the inhabitants thereof."
dent of the United States of America, do
contint
hereby proclaim July 3, 1986, as Let Free-
dom ar
On July 3, the eve of the 210th anniversa-
dom Ring Day, and I encourage the people
For ]
ry of the signing of the Declaration of Inde-
of the United States to ring bells immedi-
tide of
pendence, the torch of the newly restored
ately following the relighting of the torch of
become
Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor will
the Statue of Liberty, which is scheduled to
to us st
be lit again. Its radiant beams held high
occur at approximately 10:53 p.m. Eastern
civiliza
above the dark waters will once again signal
Daylight Time on that day. I call upon all
by the
freedom's light and freedom's welcome.
Americans to remember how fortunate we
They 1
What could be more fitting than to cele-
are as a people and on this day and each
country
day to follow to open your hearts to those
culture
brate this moment with the joyful clamor of
bells. Let every spire and belfry in the land
who may one day share in the joy and satis-
age to
ring out the glad tidings of liberty once
faction that freedom brings.
again. Let every American rejoice in the
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
blessings of freedom as they hear the jubi-
my hand this 2nd day of July, in the year of
lant music of carillons carried on the night
our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six,
Inter
air. As the golden glow of the Statue of
and of the Independence of the United
Liberty's rekindled torch calls forth the
States of America the two hundred and
July 2
tenth.
pealing of thousands of bells in every city,
village, and hamlet throughout our land, let
Q.
RONALD REAGAN
every American take it as a summons to
asking
wanted
rededication, recalling those words we sang
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
some
as children:
ter, 10:19 a.m., July 3, 1986]
you m
thing.
The
Q.Y
Proclamation 5510-National Immigrants Day, 1986
The
July 2, 1986
Q. E
The
By the President of the United States
found a new and better life for themselves
on me
of America
and their children in this land of liberty and
Q.Y
opportunity. The magnet that draws them
The
A Proclamation
is freedom and the beacon that guides them
no wa
is hope. America offers liberty for all, en-
travel
Since 1820, more than 52 million immi-
grants have come to the United States from
courages hope for betterment, and nurtures
things,
all over the world. They have sought and
great expectations. In this free land a
908
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986 / July 3
person can realize his dreams-going as far
behind familiar scenes, to part with friends
as talent and drive can carry him. In return
and relatives, and to start a new life in a
America asks each of us to do our best, to
new land. The record of their success in
work hard, to respect the law, to cherish
every field of human endeavor is one of our
hee, Author of
human rights, and to strive for the common
proudest boasts. They have helped to make
60
good.
us the great Nation we are today.
ight With Free-
The immigrants who have SO enriched
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution
America include people from every race,
290, has designated July 4, 1986, as "Nation-
Great God, Our
creed, and ethnic background. Yet all have
al Immigrants Day" and authorized and re-
been drawn here by shared values and a
quested the President to issue a proclama-
deep love of freedom. Most brought with
tion in observance of this event.
Joint Resolution
them few material goods. But with their
1986, as "Let
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, Presi-
hearts and minds and toil they have con-
thorized and re-
dent of the United States of America, do
tributed mightily to the building of this
sue a proclama-
hereby proclaim July 4, 1986, as National
ent.
great Nation and endowed us with the
Immigrants Day, and I call upon the people
/ Reagan, Presi-
riches of their achievements. Their spirit
of the United States to observe that day
continues to nourish our own love of free-
of America, do
with appropriate programs, ceremonies,
36, as Let Free-
dom and opportunity.
and activities.
For more than three centuries, a human
rage the people
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
g bells immedi-
tide of men, women, and children have
my hand this 2nd day of July, in the year of
g of the torch of
become new Americans. They have brought
our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six,
is scheduled to
to us strength and moral fiber developed in
and of the Independence of the United
civilizations centuries old, but fired anew
53 p.m. Eastern
States of America the two hundred and
I call upon all
by the dream of a better life in America.
tenth.
W fortunate we
They have brought to us in this young
RONALD REAGAN
S day and each
country the treasure of a hundred ancient
hearts to those
cultures. Their dreams gave them the cour-
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
he joy and satis-
age to strike out for themselves, to leave
ter, 10:20 a.m., July 3, 1986]
ve hereunto set
y, in the year of
I
and eighty-six,
Interview With Johanna Neuman and Karen DeWitt of USA Today
of the United
) hundred and
July 2, 1986
ALD REAGAN
Q. Mr. President, wanted to open by
can't go shopping or anything like that
asking you a question that one of my editors
so
e Federal Regis-
wanted us to ask you, but it may require
Q. Do you miss it at all-the feel of coin
some participation on your part I mean,
in your pocket?
you may even have to stand up or some-
The President. I make up for it, because
thing.
every once in a while people will give me
The President. What's that?
something like a good luck piece or some-
Q. You ready?
thing of that kind, and I put those in my
The President. Yes.
pocket.
Q. How much cash have you got on you?
The President. How much cash do I have
Immigration Bills
for themselves
on me? Not a dime.
Q. Oh, okay. We wanted to ask you on
d of liberty and
Q. You never carry money?
the eve of this Liberty Weekend and your
nat draws them
The President. Very rarely. It just seems
trip to New York to celebrate the Statue-a
hat guides them
no way to do it. It doesn't mean that I
couple of questions about that. Do you
erty for all, en-
travel free. [Laughter] I mean, I get bills for
think it's time for Lady Liberty to put up
nt, and nurtures
things, but, no, there's no opportunity. I
her hand and say "Stop" to immigration at
S free land a
909
July 3 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986
Remarks at the Opening Ceremonies of the Statue of Liberty
fiance, Be
Centennial Celebration in New York, New York
ri, "as t
Harbor."
July 3, 1986
And th
mother C
Thank you. And Lee Iacocca, thank you
course of two centuries. Yes, in the 1700's,
the golde
on behalf of all of America. President and
France was the midwife of our liberty. In
picture o
Madame Mitterrand, my fellow Americans:
two World Wars, America stood with
around 1
The iron workers from New York and New
France as she fought for her life and for
metal ro
Jersey who came here to begin restoration
civilization. And today, Mr. President, with
place a k
work were at first puzzled and a bit put off
infinite gentleness, your countrymen tend
Tony So
to see foreign workers, craftsmen from
the final resting places, marked now by
Italians, S
France, arrive. Jean Wiart, the leader of the
rows of white crosses and stars, of more
to do, "
French workers, said his countrymen un-
than 60,000 Americans who remain on
dren." R
derstood. After all, he asked, how would
French soil, a reminder since the days of
At work
Frenchmen feel if Americans showed up to
Lafayette of our mutual struggles and sacri-
he gave
help restore the Eiffel Tower? But as they
fices for freedom. So, tonight, as we cele-
pins to t
came to know each other-these French-
brate the friendship of our two nations, we
reason, h
men and Americans-affections grew; and
also pray: May it ever be so. God bless
job over
so, too, did perspectives.
America, and vive la France!
Blackie.
The Americans were reminded that Miss
And yet, my fellow Americans, it is not
building
Liberty, like the many millions she's wel-
only the friendship of two peoples but the
morning
comed to these shores, is of foreign birth,
friendship of all peoples that brings us here
give a sa
the gift of workers, farmers, and shopkeep-
Well,
tonight. We celebrate something more than
ers and children who donated hundreds of
We some
the restoration of this statue's physical gran-
came he
thousands of francs to send her here. They
deur. Another worker here, Scott Aronsen,
also strar
were the ordinary people of France. This
a marble restorer, has put it well: "I grew
Arabella
statue came from their pockets and from
up in Brooklyn and never went to the
sachuset
their hearts. The French workers, too,
Statue of Liberty. But when I first walked
huddled
made discoveries. Monsieur Wiart, for ex-
in there to work, I thought about my grand-
throp, V
ample, normally lives in a 150-year-old cot-
fathers coming through here." And which
Governo
tage in a small French town, but for the last
of us does not think of other grandfathers
fellow P
year he's been riding the subway through
and grandmothers, from so many places
they mu
Brooklyn. "A study in contrasts," he said-
around the globe, for whom this statue was
the eyes
contrasts indeed. But he has also told the
the first glimpse of America?
and that
newspapers that he and his countrymen
"She was silhouetted very clear," one of
that Go
learned something else at Liberty Island.
them wrote about standing on deck as their
be a li
For the first time, they worked in proximity
ship entered New York Harbor. "We passed
world-
with Americans of Jewish, black, Italian,
her very slowly. Of course we had to look
Call it
Irish, Russian, Polish, and Indian back-
up. She was beautiful." Another talked of
believed
grounds. "Fascinating," he said, "to see dif-
how all the passengers rushed to one side of
that pla
ferent ethnic and national types work and
the boat for a fast look at their new home
the two
live so well together." Well, it's how we like
and at her. "Everybody was crying. The
cial kin
to think of America. And it's good to know
whole boat bent toward her. She was beau-
world, -
that Miss Liberty is still giving life to the
tiful with the early morning light." To mil-
and a sj
dream of a new world where old antago-
lions returning home, especially from for-
leave t
nisms could be cast aside and people of
eign wars, she was also special. A young
and the
every nation could live together as one.
World War I captain of artillery described
new and
It's especially fitting that this lesson
how, on a troopship returning from France,
of peac
should be relived and relearned here by
even the most hard-bitten veteran had trou-
spoke a
Americans and Frenchmen. President Mit-
ble blinking back the tears. "I've never
he would
terrand, the French and American people
seen anything that looked so good," that
duties (
have forged a special friendship over the
doughboy, Harry Truman, wrote to his
through
918
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986 / July 3
fiance, Bess, back in Independence, Missou-
on his long train ride to Washington, the
ri, "as the Liberty Lady in New York
news grew worse: The Nation was dividing;
Harbor."
his own life was in peril. On he pushed,
And that is why tonight we celebrate this
undaunted. In Philadelphia he spoke in In-
mother of exiles who lifts her light beside
dependence Hall, where 85 years earlier
the
1700's,
the golden door. Many of us have seen the
the Declaration of Independence had been
liberty.
In
picture of another worker here, a tool belt
signed. He noted that much more had been
with
around his waist, balanced on a narrow
achieved there than just independence
and
for
metal rod of scaffolding, leaning over to
from Great Britain. It was, he said, "hope to
with
place a kiss on the forehead of Miss Liberty.
the world, future for all time."
tend
Tony Soraci, the grandson of immigrant
Well, that is the common thread that
now
by
Italians, said it was something he was proud
of
more
to do, "something to tell my grandchil-
binds us to those Quakers [Puritans] on the
emain
on
dren." Robert Kearney feels the same way.
tiny deck of the Arabella, to the belea-
he
At work on the statue after a serious illness,
guered farmers and landowners signing the
days
of
and
he gave $10,000 worth of commemorative
Declaration in Philadelphia in that hot
sacri-
we
cele-
pins to those who visited here. Part of the
Philadelphia hall, to Lincoln on a train
reason, he says, was an earlier construction
ready to guide his people through the con-
we
God
bless
job over in Hoboken and his friend named
flagration, to all the millions crowded in the
Blackie. They could see the harbor from the
steerage who passed this lady and wept at
it
is
building they were working on, and every
the sight of her, and those who've worked
not
but
morning Blackie would look over the water,
here in the scaffolding with their hands and
the
give a salute, and say, "That's my gal!"
with their love-Jean Wiart, Scott Aronsen,
us
here
than
Well, the truth is, she's everybody's gal.
Tony Soraci, Robert Kearney, and so many
more
We sometimes forget that even those who
others.
gran-
came here first to settle the new land were
Aronsen,
We're bound together because, like them,
"I
also strangers. I've spoken before of the tiny
we too dare to hope-hope that our chil-
grew
Arabella, a ship at anchor just off the Mas-
to
the
dren will always find here the land of liber-
sachusetts coast. A little group of Puritans
walked
ty in a land that is free. We dare to hope
huddled on the deck. And then John Win-
my
grand-
too that we'll understand our work can
throp, who would later become the first
nd
which
never be truly done until every man,
Governor of Massachusetts, reminded his
andfathers
woman, and child shares in our gift, in our
fellow Puritans there on that tiny deck that
places
hope, and stands with us in the light of
they must keep faith with their God, that
statue
was
liberty-the light that, tonight, will shortly
the eyes of all the world were upon them,
cast its glow upon her, as it has upon us for
and that they must not forsake the mission
one
of
that God had sent them on, and they must
two centuries, keeping faith with a dream
as
their
be a light unto the nations of all the
of long ago and guiding millions still to a
passed
world-a shining city upon a hill.
future of peace and freedom.
to
look
Call it mysticism if you will, I have always
And now we will unveil that gallant lady.
talked
of
believed there was some divine providence
Thank you, and God bless you all.
side
of
that placed this great land here between
home
the two great oceans, to be found by a spe-
Note: The President spoke at 9:28 p.m. on
The
cial kind of people from every corner of the
Governors Island. Following his remarks,
was
beau-
world, who had a special love for freedom
the Statue of Liberty was illuminated. He
To
mil-
and a special courage that enabled them to
then presented Medals of Liberty to Henry
from
for-
leave their own land, leave their friends
A. Kissinger, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, I.M.
A
young
and their countrymen, and come to this
Pei, Itzhak Perlman, James B. Reston, Ken-
described
new and strange land to build a New World
neth Clark, Albert B. Sabin, An Wang, Elie
France,
of peace and freedom and hope. Lincoln
Wiesel, Bob Hope, and Hanna Holburn
trou-
spoke about hope as he left the hometown
Gray. Lee Iacocca was chairman of the
never
he would never see again to take up the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Founda-
that
duties of the Presidency and bring America
tion, which raised the funds for the restora-
to
his
through a terrible Civil War. At each stop
tion of the statue.
919
July 3 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986
Remarks on the Lighting of the Torch of the Statue of Liberty in
majes
[refer
New York, New York
[Laug
July 3, 1986
It W
when
ing civil war was fought. And for love of
in ou
While we applaud those immigrants who
liberty, Americans championed and still
whale
stand out, whose contributions are easily
discerned, we know that America's heroes
champion, even in times of peril, the cause
grants
are also those whose names are remem-
of human freedom in far-off lands.
to us
"The God who gave us life," Thomas Jef-
our na
bered by only a few. Many of them passed
sent sl
through this harbor, went by this lady,
ferson once proclaimed, "gave us liberty at
the same time." But like all of God's pre-
the Ct
looked up at her torch, which we light to-
masts
night in their honor.
cious gifts, liberty must never be taken for
the se
They were the men and women who la-
granted. Tonight we thank God for the
bored all their lives so that their children
reviev
many blessings He has bestowed on our
would be well fed, clothed, and educated,
land; we affirm our faithfulness to His rule
or so
The [
the families that went through great hard-
and to our own ideals; and we pledge to
ship yet kept their honor, their dignity, and
keep alive the dream that brought our fore-
the p
their faith in God. They passed on to their
fathers and mothers to this brave new land.
tines,
tries a
children those values, values that define civ-
On this theme the poet Emma Lazarus,
Som
ilization and are the prerequisites of human
moved by this unique symbol of the love of
movin
progress. They worked in our factories, on
liberty, wrote a very special dedication 100
and m
ships and railroads, in stores, and on road
years ago.~The last few lines are ones we
ies ago
construction crews. They were teachers,
know so well; set to the music of Irving
"wond
lumberjacks, seamstresses, and journalists.
Berlin, they take on tonight a special mean-
of a S
They came from every land.
ing.
with t.
What was it that tied these profoundly
different people together? What was it that
[At this point, a choir sang the last few
ing sh
lines from the poem "The New Colossus. "]
they (
made them not a gathering of individuals,
and t
but a nation? That bond that held them
We are the keepers of the flame of liber-
vessels
together, as it holds us together tonight,
ty. We hold it high tonight for the world to
itself:
that bond that has stood every test and
see, a beacon of hope, a light unto the na-
travail, is found deep in our national con-
tions. And so with joy and celebration and
sciousness: an abiding love of liberty. For
with a prayer that this lamp shall never be
love of liberty, our forebears-colonists, few
extinguished, I ask that you all join me in
this symbolic act of faith, this lighting of
Infor
in number and with little to defend them-
selves-fought a war for independence with
Miss Liberty's torch.
Presi
what was then the world's most powerful
July 4
empire. For love of liberty, those who came
Note: The President spoke at 11:04 p.m. on
before us tamed a vast wilderness and
Governors Island. At the conclusion of the
braved hardships which, at times, were
ceremonies, he went to the Rockefeller
Q. M
beyond the limits of human endurance. For
estate in Pocantico Hills, NY, where he
messag
Preside
love of liberty, a bloody and heart-wrench-
stayed overnight.
Presi
would
has his
Q.
Remarks During Operation Sail in New York, New York
though
July 4, 1986
Q. V
East-W
Presi
Thank you, Lee, and thank you all. It's
This weekend we celebrate, my friends, we
about t
been said that we Americans count our
cut loose! The procession that we are about
Q. W
blessings too seldom. But not this weekend.
to witness will be as colorful as fireworks, as
920
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1986 / July 4
erty in
majestic as Lady Liberty herself. I hear you
only open spaces; to chart one's own course
[referring to the sound of a ship's horn].
and take the adventure of life as it comes;
[Laughter]
to be free as the wind-as free as the tall
It will speak to us of the past, of the days
ships themselves. It's fitting, then, that this
when great ships like these dropped anchor
procession should take place in honor of
in our harbors to unload tea from China,
Lady Liberty. And as the wind swells the
d for love of
whale oil from open seas, and, yes, immi-
sails, so too may our hearts swell with pride
ed and still
eril, the cause
grants from around the world. It will speak
that all that Liberty's sons and daughters
to us of present and future amity between
have accomplished in this the land of the
nds.
our nation and the many nations that have
free. This spectacle has been literally years
Thomas Jef-
sent ships here today to lend their beauty-
in the planning.
e us liberty at
the curve of their hulls, the lines of their
On behalf of the American people I want
of God's pre-
masts and rigging as they stand out against
to thank Ambassador Bus Mosbacher and
be taken for
the sea, the sky-to our rejoicing. Passing in
his entire Operation Sail staff for making
God for the
review today we see more than 20 of the 30
this international celebration, this stately
owed on our
or so tall ships that are left in the world.
salute to Liberty. And now, Bus, where are
SS to His rule
The U.S. Coast Guard bark Eagle will lead
you? Come forward.
we pledge to
the procession. Schooners, barks, brigan-
ught our fore-
ave new land.
tines, and ketches from more than 30 coun-
Note: The President spoke at 10:59 a.m. on
tries are entering the harbor.
Governors Island. He was introduced by
mma Lazarus,
Somehow, men have always found
Lee Iacocca, chairman of the Statue of Lib-
of the love of
moving the sight of these vessels of wood
erty and Ellis Island Foundation. Emil
ledication 100
and metal and canvas. Indeed, some centur-
Mosbacher, Jr., was the chairman of Oper-
are ones we
ies ago one writer of proverbs described as
ation Sail. Prior to President Reagan's re-
usic of Irving
"wonderful the way of a ship in the midst
marks, he and President Mitterrand were
special mean-
of a sea." Perhaps it has something to do
presented first day issue stamps commemo-
with the knowledge that nothing binds sail-
rating the Statue of Liberty by French Di-
the last few
ing ships, nothing holds them back, that
rector of Posts Alain Madelin and U.S. Post-
ew Colossus.
they can travel anywhere across the vast
master General Albert V. Casey. Earlier in
flame of liber-
and trackless sea. Perhaps, indeed, these
the morning, the President watched the
r the world to
vessels embody our conception of liberty
International Naval Review aboard the
itself: to have before one no impediments,
"U.S.S. Iowa" in New York Harbor.
t unto the na-
elebration and
shall never be
all join me in
his lighting of
Informal Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With
President François Mitterrand of France
July 4, 1986
11:04 p.m. on
clusion of the
le Rockefeller
Q. Mr. President, are you going to send a
Mr. Gorbachev about your view toward a
VY, where he
message to Mr. Gorbachev with French
summit and an arms control agreement?
President Mitterrand?
President Reagan. As I say, we each have
President Reagan. I don't think that
our own relationships with our countries
would be appropriate to impose on him. He
and-
has his own matters-other countries—
Q. Are you concerned that he is not more
Q. What would you like him to say,
supportive of strategic defense than he is-
though?
President Mitterrand?
Q. Will you discuss with him today the
President Reagan. We have a very happy
East-West relationship?
relationship.
ny friends, we
President Reagan. Oh, I think we'll talk
Q. Mr. Gorbachev, in his latest speech,
we are about
about things like that, yes.
said that you are still-the United States—
is fireworks, as
Q. What would you like him to express to
still not serious about arms control.
921
10-24-70
URUGUAY SPEECH
SETTING
I have come to visit your country at a time when we in the
Western Hemisphere are on the threshhold of a new era. We
are witnessing a period of profound changes
worldwide--political renewal, basic restructuring of
economies, and social realignments and here in this
hemisphere we are leading the way.
We have the unique chance in the Americas to finally
realize the dreams and ambitions of the men and women who
came to this hemisphere, north and south, seeking a better
life for themselves and for those who have come after
them. The history of our republics can be told many times
over in the histories of individual families.
-- One such family is that of your Ambassador Eduardo
MacGillycuddy to Washington, and of the United States
Senator Connie Mack from the state of Florida. I am
sure their grandfathers, immigrant brothers from
Ireland, would be proud if they could see their
grandsons today.
This is my first trip to Uruguay, yet I feel that I know
President Lacalle well. We met in Washington last April
and again in October in New York. President Lacalle is a
man of vision.
-- Not only does he have a vision for his country, but he
possesses the rare talent of being able, through his
leadership, to act on his vision for the benefit of his
countrymen.
Last June I made an announcement in the White House that my
administration intended to work together with the other
countries of this hemisphere to initiate a new approach in
our relations which would stimulate growth.
-- President Lacalle was the first head of state to
personally call me to discuss the Enterprise for the
Americas Initiative, and how we could work together to
realize its objectives.
Let me assure you that in the United States, President
Lacalle is recognized as a man who can and will make things
happen. Uruguay, in both the economic and political sense,
is a star performer and an inspirational example for the
region.
(Anoid making Lacalle appear as
an American stooge!
I applaud President Lacalle and the Uruguayan people for
your initiative, perseverance and intelligence in dealing
with a world that is changing faster than anyone ever
believed possible.
--
I found much wisdom in the words of President
Lacalle when, at the OAS General Assembly, he
said that our hemisphere is ready to address "the
profound transformations of our time: the
exercise of representative democracy, the
expansion of fundamental freedom, and the eclipse
of the old, authoritarian regimes."
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
Fundamental changes are sweeping Latin America and
Uruguay. From Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande, old ways
of doing business are being re-examined and new ideas are
on the march.
The democratic form of government has come to be recognized
as the embodiment of political legitimacy.
-- The democratic ideal has become irresistible
precisely because it is now an indigenous force
the world over, from Poland to Uruguay, and from
China to Chile.
It has not triumphed everywhere, to be sure; not all men
and women today live under freedom and democracy. But we
have reached the point where all are demanding to live
under freedom and democracy as their God-given right.
-- Democracy's ideological foes, on the left and the
right, have been discredited. The political and
economic systems they fashioned stand today in
ruins.
The Western Hemisphere can justly take pride in having
launched the epochal worldwide transition from dictatorship
to democracy, first in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and
Ecuador, and lately in Chile, Panama, and Nicaragua.
In a very short time, we have traveled far toward achieving
an unprecedented degree of mutual respect and common
purpose among the nations of this hemisphere.
Nowhere has the democratization process been as impressive
as here in Uruguay. Every Uruguayan can be proud of the
transition. It was difficult but Uruguayans have
demonstrated courage and have shown a willingness to work
together and to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve
success.
However, two revolutions are taking place in Latin America;
one political, the other economic. The conversion of
almost the entire hemisphere to representative government
and to the principles of rational economic management opens
up the possibility of closer ties than we have ever before
enjoyed with our Latin neighbors.
--
The return to democracy throughout the hemisphere
has paved the way for greater economic
opportunity and cooperation between Latin America
and the United States.
THE NEW ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
The driving force behind this second revolution is the
world's recognition that economic growth and prosperity
derive not from central planning and state enterprises, but
from the dynamism and energy of individuals.
This intellectual revolution commands movement away from
failed statist doctrines; from dictatorships from the left
and right; towards democracy, free government, and free
enterprise; toward the true political and economic
empowerment of the people.
--
As your beloved hero, Jose Artigas, so correctly
stated, "industry and commerce are the channels
for people's happiness."
Our common goal is to free this economic force: nothing
works better than people who want to work; nothing creates
better than people who want to create; and nothing succeeds
better than people who want to succeed.
Throughout the world people share the same aspirations:
--
A better life for themselves and their children;
rewards for hard work and initiative; recognition
of talent and ideas; and a profound desire for an
economic system that rewards not a select few,
but all those ready and willing to work.
Many countries in Latin America are already walking this
path. In Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Jamaica, Mexico,
Bolivia and here in Uruguay, reforms are taking place to
unleash competition on which efficient productive free
enterprise is based.
Fundamental changes frequently involve costs. In many
countries, economic restructuring will be accompanied by
economic downturn. Some businesses will fail as others
prosper; jobs will be lost in some industries as they are
gained in others.
--
Here in Uruguay President Lacalle has set forth
on a boll program to restructure the Uruguayan
economy, changes which will improve Uruguay's
overall strength and prosperity.
-- Overall and in time, the economy will produce
more goods and services, and provide more jobs
for all. In short, the improving quality of life.
O
There are no easy solutions. There are no quick fixes. We
are making tough political decisions.
-- Those who would defend statism and protectionism
as a means to maintain dwindling benefits, will
soon realize that they have been sold empty
promises and that a failing economic system
cannot continue to meet even its minimum needs.
-- In the United States we are grappling with the
important problem of the budget deficit. Here in
Uruguay, President Lacalle has establishei a
social emergency fund to help the most needy. We
have been pleased to have been able to contribute
to this fund.
A NEW ERA OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Changes are also sweeping the United States. There is new
thinking on the Potomac. We will keep our commitments in
Central America, and we are also reaching out a helping
hand of friendship and cooperation to our neighbors in
South America.
I know that many in Latin America fear we have become
uniuly preoccupied with dramatic developments in the old
world. Let me assure you that we have not.
The Enterprise for the Americas Initiative represents a
fundamental shift in our relationship with Latin America.
It recognizes a truth that President Lacalle called to the
attention of the entire Hemisphere last June 4 at the OAS
General Assembly, and reiterated in his October 2 address
to the Special Session of the OAS, that long term economic
growth and prosperity will be accomplished not by aid, but
by trade and investment.
We want to promote investment, and to that end we
have entered into the bilateral investment treaty
with your government that will pave the way for
new U.S. investments in Uruguay.
We also want to assist with the debt burden, and are
pleased by the progress you have made in your debt
negotiations with the commercial banks. We are confident
that Congress will soon approve a legislative package for
relief from official Latin debt.
--
This authority will allow us not only to reluce
the debt, but also to convert payments on the
remainler to investment in industry and to
programs to protect the environment in Uruguay.
We want to promote trade, and to this end we have signed a
framework trade agreement with your government that commits
us to explore practical ways to reluce barriers to trade.
--
Of course, our first priority is a successful
conclusion of the Uruguay Round of trade
negotiations in Geneva which will lead to
increased trade for all. We have been pleased to
note Uruguay's positive role in these
negotiations. The framework agreement we have
concluded will allow us to build on the
achievements of the Uruguay Round of trade
commitments, so that Uruguayan textile
manufacturers, and wool and leather producers can
more easily sell their products free of
international barriers.
Uruguayans hold dear their agricultural traditions. At the
Houston Summit, we made common cause with Uruguay and other
Latin American nations in insisting that countries stop
subsidizing agricultural products to the detriment of world
trade. We will continue in this endeavor.
0
The initiative should be a collective effort. All of us
have a stake in working together. Our goal is to work with
Latin America to build a hemisphere where trade and
investment are unfettered, private enterprise can flourish,
and individual rights are respected.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
o
Of course, bilateral cooperation goes beyond economics and
trade. The scourge of drugs, for example, which threatens
both our countries, must be stopped so that our greatest
resource, our children, can live vigorous and active lives,
and enjoy the fruits of our labors.
While we recognize that we must do more in the
United States to eliminate the demand for drugs,
we look forward to working with your government
to assist in controlling narcotics trafficking
and other narcotics-relatel crimes.
o
Likewise, the degraiation of our environment, a problem
which does not know or recognize national borders, must be
confronted head on. We owe this to our children and
grandchildren.
--
It is our responsibility to leave future
generations not only a more prosperous world, but
also a safer and cleaner world.
O
I see a hemisphere with:
--
strong, robust democratic institutions and
leaders;
--
an ever expanding economic opportunity for all
members of society;
--
a society free of drugs and not plagued by crime;
--
a cleaner environment; and
--
a new era of cooperation between Latin America
and the United States.
I am confident that the spirit of the free and open
societies we represent will serve to pave the way toward
these goals. Working together, we will create a unity of
purpose and action that will benefit both of our societies
and create a partnership not only in the present but for
future generations to come.
Contact : ARA/SC: CAColloton
10-29-90
x72296
SEARASC 7809 Draft 3
Ademocratic special things roots about and traditions Uruguan
(i.e.,Colorado party - oldest
party in the hemespher)
2 open society and ronomy
(met in Feb. 1990 in Ovol office,
before L. was immorrated)
(-lone of dogs ??)
- invited to fish
G.B. was
- b-fast will to on boating harbor
on atlantic
[anth character- - smeet -gritle,
epitome of simpatico
DRAFT
LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM
Since 1989, the Administration has sought a balanced
immigration policy which blends our tradition of family
reunification with our desire to allow entrance to more skilled
people to meet immediate needs and contribute to our economic
growth. The Immigration Act of 1990 does this. It is both pro-
growth and pro-family and will enhance America's historic role as
a haven for eager and talented people who wish to practice their
skills and raise their families in freedom. The law:
Fulfills the Administration's goal of increasing skill-
based immigration by more than doubling the number of visas
available (from 54,000 to 140,000 per year). The increase
in skill-based immigration will relieve labor shortages in
key technical areas and improve the competitiveness of our
workforce.
Increases overall immigration levels from the present
level of approximately 530,000 to 700,000 annually for three
years, then to a permanent level of 675,000 per year. of
this total, 520,000 will be for family-sponsored immigrants
for three years, substantially increasing opportunities for
family reunification in all major categories. (This
includes 55,000 visas available for the spouses and children
of legalized aliens.) The permanent level is 480,000
thereafter. The bill also refocuses the preference system
for admission of immediate relatives.
Sets aside 55,000 visas annually for a new category of
diversity immigrants, to create immigration opportunities
for aliens from countries that have been underrepresented in
the number of immigrants admitted to this country over the
past five years.
Establishes four new non-immigrant categories for persons
with extraordinary abilities, athletes, entertainers,
international and cultural exchange aliens, and religious
workers.
Establishes a new kind of temporary protected status for
aliens in this country who are unable to return to their
native country due to ongoing armed conflict, natural
disaster, or national interest considerations or other
extraordinary conditions that prevent their safe return.
Aliens would receive work authorization while in this
status, and would be eligible to remain in this country
until the conditions change and permit their return.
Natives of El Salvador are granted temporary protected
status until July, 1992.
1
20'd
94566223
01
NOV-27-1990 16:21 FROM CAO-DOJ
Expands significantly the authority of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service to deal with criminal aliens,
particularly those who have committed serious crimes. The
law grants arrest authority to INS officers, requires states
to provide INS with certified copies of aliens' conviction
records, and generally expedites the deportation of criminal
aliens from the United States.
Implements several recommendations made by a task force
convened by the Attorney General earlier this year to
address the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. These amendments to the
1986 law are aimed at remedying discrimination that might be
related to the implementation of "employer sanctions."
Revises existing grounds of exclusion and deportation,
replacing the current thirty-three grounds of exclusion with
nine categories. The law also revises and reorganizes the
grounds for deportation of aliens. This is the first major
update of these provisions in decades.
Authorizes an expedited administrative naturalization
process and makes other changes in qualifications for
naturalization. The law also authorizes naturalization of
Filipino war veterans who served under the command of the
United States during World War II.
2
CAO-DOJ
NOV-27-1990 16:22 FROM
94562223
01
20'd
A NATION OF COMMUNITIES
George Bush believes that volunteers can address the physical needs of a
community from restoring housing for the community's needy to greening its
city parks and roadways. He believes that community service in urban
communities and rural communities is of equal importance to the lives of
the volunteers and to the longevity of the community spirit. The YES to
America Foundation will support volunteer efforts in all types and sizes of
communities.
These are just a few examples of the ways young people are helping out in
their communities. YES to America will increase the opportunities for
volunteers by working with the nation's school systems and institutions of
higher learning to develop organized community service opportunities for
students. And it will work to establish these goals as priorities of state
boards of education, state legislatures, the Education Commission of the
States, and other organizations.
YES to America will give every young American the opportunity to serve, to
learn by serving and to develop leadership skills for tomorrow as they
address the needs of their communities.
***
WELFARE REFORM
There is a bipartisan consensus that America's welfare system is a trap
door to poverty, not a ladder to prosperity. I want to turn what is now
primarily a payments system with a minor work component into a system that
is first and foremost a jobs system. I want a welfare system that
strengthens families -- not weakens them. We can do it with a new national
strategy that stresses grass roots participation, state and local
involvement, and innovative ideas for reducing dependency on the federal
government.
*
the
Leadership
on
Issues
1988
IMMIGRATION
Our nation was built and has flourished as a haven for immigrants seeking
greater political and religious freedom -- and, especially more recently,
for those seeking a chance to work in a free economy. As a result, the
economy has flourished, as have the immigrants themselves. Today's
immigrants are coming in large numbers from Mexico and our neighbors to the
south. We must welcome them, as we have those who have preceded them. As
always, however, the inflow of immigrants must be orderly so that our
economy and culture can properly assimilate our new citizens.
While we open the door wide to legal immigration, we must close the door to
illegal immigration. I favor an immigration policy that provides for the
orderly movement of new Americans into our economy.
o As the Immigration Reform Act provides, we need to pursue an orderly
process of legalization of those who have demonstrated commitment to
long-term residence in this country.
-- 312 --
A NATION OF COMMUNITIES
0
At the same time, to maintain control over immigration we must
enforce sanctions against employers who knowingly hire illegal
aliens.
The current legalization process is giving us a starting point to
reinstitute order in immigration. We must move to assure that order is
established and maintained.
DISNEYLAND
Anaheim, California
September 5, 1988
I want to thank Disneyland for its work in helping the US Olympic Team.
As a matter of fact this is a good time to thank on behalf of the country,
all the corporate and individual sponsors who've helped our young athletes
this year and the past four years.
And now the games are about to begin, and it is my joyous duty to help
see them off. You probably know that I've been involved in a race of my
own this year. I especially identify with your relay team. With any luck,
a baton will be passed to me one day in November.
But today is not about mere politics. Today is about a great thing
called sports -- and competition -- and achievement -- and endurance -- and
spirit -- and will.
The members of the US Olympic Team of the 24th Olympiad have been
called the best American team ever. And this Olympics may turn out to be
the most exciting ever. The competition is going to be very rough. But
we're not worried. Because we know who you are.
You're Edwin Moses, who parted a sea of competitors in the 400 meter
hurdles to win the world championship;
and you're the unsinkable Mary Decker Slaney;
you're Jim Abbott, who started life with a demanding physical
challenge, and who has become one of the best pitchers in the sainted game
known as baseball;
and you're Greg Louganis, the Natural;
you're Evelyn Ashford, who won the gold medal in the hundred meter dash
in '84, but who didn't get to run against the Eastern Europeans because of
their boycott. So as soon as she won the '84 games she went to Eastern
Europe and ran against them there -- and won;
and you're David Berkoff, Seoul '88 and Harvard '89;
you're Steve Timmons, the splendid spiker. Someone wrote that in
international competition, Timmons has knocked off more aliens than
Sigourney Weaver.
-- 313 --
THE WHITE house
WASHINGTON
November 27, 1990
Bob:
In view of the popular
derision of the Administration for
being weak on domestic policy,
we ought to seize every chance to
show how are our policies fit together.
The attached memo to Chriss &
Dave suggests how our policies
on free trade and immigration fit
together (it uses the language of
the '75 Helsinki Accords: free
movement of people & ideas).
Immigration also fits with our
empowerment policies in that it
starts with the pre-conception
that people are assets, not
liabilities. They are each
opportunities-in-waiting -- each
the core of potential enterprises,
whether business enterprises, or
families, or neighborhoods, or
communities.
tuster
August 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR: DAVID DEMAREST
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
AUSTEN FURSE
SUBJECT:
Possible Theme for Ellis Island Speech
The President's speech at Ellis Island naturally
suggests the theme of immigration. A nice touch would be
to make the connection between immigration and the tens of
thousands being held hostage in the Middle East.
That is, the President could note that this aspect of
the crisis dramatizes the fact that the free movement of
peoples is an important right and often among the very
first freedoms that dictators traduce. America, in
contrast, has always taken this freedom to its highest
expression by continually remaking itself through
immigration, which Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
symbolize.
This would be a nice touch, but we could make another
connection with the Persian Gulf crisis: the free
movement of goods and services -- the freedom of trade and
commerce is being held hostage by Saddam Hussein in his
attempt to choke the world's energy flow.
If this seems like stretching the Persian Gulf
connection, consider that free trade has from the 19th
century forward been considered the surest guarantee of
world peace and order. It is the one thing we can count
on to help Eastern Europe and spread the New Breeze
throughout the Third World. And the President has been
scoring big on trade: at least one talk show yesterday
noted that our negotiations with Mexico for a Free Trade
Agreement were going even better than expected, adding to
the continuing success of the Canadian agreement and the
prospect of other agreements in the Americas to come.
This suggests a three-part theme: The Free Movement of
Peoples; The Free Movement of Goods and Services -- Free
Trade and Commerce; The Free Movement of Ideas (the
latter a reprise of the "Information Age" theme of earlier
Reagan and Bush speeches).
The important point, which can be seen as a continuation
of the President's themes in his Commencement Speeches, is
that these freedoms are not just essential as rights, but
that they serve together to promote world peace and order.
Some language I wrote
for POTUS talking pts. on
the bill
This bi-partisan immigration bill is enthusiatically
supported by this Administration and represents a major
step forward in our domestic agenda. In particular, the
bill helps fulfill our committment to policies that are pro-
growth. It is pro-growth because it continues and
enhances America's singular advantage as an
international magnet for eager and talented people.
Under the bill, the level of skill-based immigration is
doubled. This will promote economic growth by
relieving labor shortages in key technical occupations.
But the beauty of the bill is that at the same time it
increases growth and economic dynamism, it also
serves to reunify families and reinforce the family as the
essential unit of society.
So in two aspects, enhancing growth and strengthening
the family, the bill advances this Administration's
dedication to investing in the future. No wonder this
legislation has the support of both business groups and
a wide array of organizations representing America's
diverse ethnic communities.
LIFE
9/90
vay to America
The first step on American soil for
12 million immigrants was no
patch of warm, welcoming earth
M/S LINE
but a wooden ramp at Ellis Is-
Gothenburg
land. More than 100 million
living Americans trace their
MANIFEST SHEET NO,
U.S. roots to a man, woman
or child who came through
Ellis Island between 1892
and 1954. America's
gateway reopens this
NAME
month with a new Na-
A
Form, List. N:O.
tional Park Service muse-
6/2059,
5000.
OF
um commemorating four centu-
20.
:
ries of U.S. immigration. Privately
Bank
funded, the $156 million restora-
tion has been the work of the Stat-
orld War I refugees
ue of Liberty-Ellis Island Founda-
W
from Belgium arrive
on a nasty January
tion, which also dressed up Miss
day (below). Wear-
Liberty for her 1986 birthday cen-
ing identification tags like the
one shown above, they head to
tennial. After the rededication of
the Main Building (left) for
the national monument, visitors can
processing. Once inside, a
retrace the footsteps of their an-
1921 newcomer from England
reported, "There was a man
cestors-as LIFE does on these
shouting at the top of his
pages-starting their tour under a
voice, 'Put your luggage here.
Men this way. Women and
new glass canopy.
children this way.'
GENERAL PUTN
UPI/BETTMAI