impact, though, of the birth right citizen there in california? particularly the farm workers, central valley, the deep southern california area there in san diego along the border with tijuana? do you have a accepts sense of ? i certainly do. people who have been born in the united states from the immigrants who are here legally or otherwise are absolutely wonderful people. they re the ones that are going to college, they re the ones that are starting the new businesses. they are extraordinary individuals. wherever they may have come from, from asia, from mexico, from wherever, they are the ones that are really the future of california. in fact, the majority of our students in california are now made up of ethnicities from all over the world. and it gives us an opportunity to reach out to the world, because they bring the culture, the language, the understanding. and frankly, they re going to be the yankee traders of the next generation. do you see immigration as
ronald reagan was sometimes a little weird when he openly hoped for a space invasion in multiple speeches. but sometimes, when president ronald reagan talked about space, it was less weird. it was not only less weird it was prescient, it was on point and may have led to that creepy russian tug sitting off the coast of miami right now. this is from ronald reagan s state of the union address in 1984. watch this. we can reach for greatness again. we can follow our dreams to distant stars living and working in space for peaceful economic and scientific gain. tonight, i am directing nasa to develop a permanently manned space station, and to do it within a decade. nasa will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity and expand freedom for all who share our goals. just as the oceans opened up a new world for clipper ships and yankee traders, space holds enormous potential for commerce today. we ll soon implement a number of
just as the oceans opened up a new world for clipper ships and yankee traders, space holds enormous potential for commerce today. we ll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and with nasa s help, promote private sector investment in space. private sector investment in space. that time, in the state of the union, president reagan was able to hold back from wishing that space aliens would invade the earth. but what he was describing, 30 years ago now, in that speech, it has come to pass. there is a permanently or at least semipermanently manned space station orbiting the earth right now. just as ronald reagan said there should be. it took more than a decade to get there but we did get one. and it is international. like he said. it s called the international space station. it used to be that russia and the united states, we would each do our own versions of space stations. if you re old enough to remember