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The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
He starts off with,

" Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I'm going to receive my gold watch. And since this is the last speech that I will give as President, I think it's fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received not long ago. A man wrote me and said: "You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American."
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"If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost."

There are problems that come with size and urbanization.
The 6 most populous countries are:

Rank	Country	Pop Mil	Urban Pop
1	China	1,439	61 %
2	India	1,380	35 %
3	United States	331	83 %
4	Indonesia	274	56 %
5	Pakistan	221	35 %
6	Brazil	213	88 %
7	Nigeria	206	52 %