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Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

We know that a ready amnesty tends to be an invitation to more illegal entries.

Donald Trump also will repeal all these executive amnesty orders that President Obama has put into place.

I think Obama has redefined the Democratic Party. It used to be the party of acid, amnesty, and abortion, and now it's surrender, socialism, and subprime mortgages.

I never understood whether the word 'amnesty' is correct or not. Maybe I am not very intelligent but I checked the dictionary to find the meaning.

We feel a pathway to citizenship would reward illegal activity, ... Amnesty encourages further illegal immigration.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter.

I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chuck Schumer's gang of eight amnesty legislation in the Senate.

I would vote against anything that grants amnesty because I think it destroys your ability to enforce the existing law

Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.

Our country will not stand for any political plan that includes amnesty for insurgents.

Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters.

AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.

Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger. We were strangers once, too.

Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don't really mean our immigration law.

We will break the cycle of amnesty and illegal immigration. There will be no amnesty.

We women are constantly at war with our bodies, it is hard to find amnesty for ourselves.

I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.

You can't kill the truth.

I was no assassin. I got out during the amnesty because I had not committed any violent crimes.

To say that Reagan teaches us that we should be against amnesty for illegal immigrants is to contradict what Reagan himself stood for - that he was in favor of amnesty.

Amnesty International adopted me as a prisoner of conscience, and that led to my - it touched me in a way that really led to me opening up my heart, I've called it the re-humanisation process.

It is a lie that to talk to Hispanics you have to talk about amnesty. Let me tell you, the only Hispanics that are in favor of amnesty are the illegals.

We already have immigration law, and it is being violated. Obama's executive amnesty is not the settled law. [Barak ] Obama's executive amnesty is outside the law, and that's why it's been stayed.

Money has a certain kind of amnesty.

We try it practically every time it comes up, be it amnesty, be it any other issue they want. We try and it gets us nowhere, and it doesn't get us any favors among left-wing-inclined voters, either.

We're not looking at citizenship. We're not looking at amnesty. We're looking at allowing people to stay here. We're working with everybody, Republican, we're working with Democrat.

What we do know, despite the lack of media curiosity, is that Hillary Clinton promises a radical amnesty combined with a radical reduction in immigration enforcement.

When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following, amnesty, open borders, lower wages.

Hillary CLinton wants to expand illegal executive amnesty, which would be really - shred - it would shred our Constitution.

This is a guy [Donald Trump] who has been very consistent on no amnesty, no legalization, for folks who have been coming to the country illegally.

The people who have destroyed the health care system are also in line to destroy other aspects of our economy, the job market, immigration and amnesty.

This is what everybody's forgetting about [Barak] Obama and his immigration law and his executive action and his amnesty on it, the Supreme Court decision. Immigration law is settled.

[Barak] Obama's immigration behavior, executive amnesty, this DREAMer stuff - everything he's doing - is outside the law.

Donald Trump's against amnesty and I'm against amnesty, not that anybody should care what a consultant thinks.

Anybody that brings up amnesty in this Congress, we need to just take the scarlet 'A' for amnesty and pin it on them.

No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.

Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want freedom. Washington wants amnesty, the people want rule of law. Washington wants power over the internet, the people want freedom online.

I oppose amnesty, I oppose citizenship, I oppose legalization for illegal aliens. I always have and I always will.

I'm not for amnesty. I've never been for amnesty, will never be for amnesty.

Unprecedented amnesty in history of Georgia took place

Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, while proponents of immigration reform say the Florida Republican was quick to retreat when the going got tough.

3 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior.

I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let alone citizenship.