Comments and reaction during Vicente Fox's first day in Utah:

"Utah has in Mexico an honest, true friend and partner. I sincerely hope the business relations, the academic relations and the cultural relations of the inhabitants of Utah and Mexico will be increasingly productive." — Mexican President Vicente Fox to business and civic leaders.

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"Everybody would have liked to have heard about (immigration). But I think that's kind of an 800-pound gorilla." — Sen. Karen Hale, D-Salt Lake.

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"It is not with fences we are going to solve this problem but hand-in-hand." — Mexican President Vicente Fox to Mexican-Americans.

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"I am speechless. . . . His speech was great. . . . It was beautiful. A great gesture." — Graciela Bartholomew, volunteer for Una Mano Amiga Mano (A Helping Hand).

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"American citizens need a wake-up call. This wave of illegal immigration is an invasion." — Norman Davis, Salt Lake City, member of the anti-illegal immigration Utah Minuteman Project.

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"This is history." — Ronaldo Luzanilla, West Valley City, after he and the Little League team he coaches greeted President Fox at the airport.

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"It is a rare and historic honor to receive a visit from a leader as important as President Fox." — Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.

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"I think it is foolish for our governor to support economic development programs that encourage high-tech companies that offer high-paying positions and, on the other hand, support the importation of low-skilled workers." — Land Reay, Taylorsville, supporter of the Minuteman Project.