Immigration Quotes

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

I can't come up with any good reason why they [the INS] would unilaterally disarm.

How is it having more control if there is double the immigration as there would be under an Australian style points system?

We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

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

What they are doing is disarming in the battle to stop illegal drugs and illegal aliens.

I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

We have millions of unemployed and cannot afford any more immigration. Where are they supposed to live? It is not viable.

The greatest myth of all is what America is. I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration.

In recent days, the media, as it usually does, has missed the whole point on immigration.

I think there's so many things happening, whether it's gender inequality or immigration, there's just so many issues happening around the world where not doing anything makes you guilty.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I've always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.

There are some benefits [that illegal aliens] clearly ought not have...[including] health benefits and welfare benefits and others that serve as a magnet attracting people here from other countries.

As a Latin man, obviously immigration has been a part of my culture for decades. [I] grew up understanding what you go through in order to come to this country and searching for that American dream.

The idea that America has cornered the market on anti-immigration is ridiculous. It's a global phenomenon.

I am glad to see the wheels are moving at last toward comprehensive immigration reform after last year's election. I am glad that immigrants are speaking up.

I feel that I want to focus on jobs, I want to focus on healthcare, I want to focus on the border and immigration and doing a really great immigration bill.

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it.

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

I mean, you take a look at this, it's one way. [Mexicans] get the jobs, they get the factories, they get the cash, and all we get - we get illegal immigration and we get drugs.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

She [Theresa May] has done more to bring immigration down and abolish things like bogus colleges.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

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

One of the strengths of this country has been our diversity. One of the strengths of this country has been the fact that we are a nation of immigrants.

The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.

If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal immigration on nearly the scale that we do.

The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.

What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.

I'm not like the Brexiteers. I don't deny that we have to permit immigration and the right of establishment for capital and services.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty.

Spelling is difficult because there are too many rules. Silent letters only exist to make it harder for illegal immigrants to learn English.

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.

immigration today is a racial issue. It is one which sees masses of non-whites from around the globe immigrating to white countries.

Reports by Politico, Bloomberg and other news outlets have raised inconsistencies in Melania Trump's immigration story.

Having something like an Australia points-based system means we control immigration and bring in the skills that we need.

When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent.

The limitless jet-lag purgatory of Immigration and Baggage at Heathrow.

Enforcement alone does not work. Unless we address the gap between our immigration laws and reality, illegal immigration will not stop and the situation on the border will continue to be chaotic.

I do believe there is absolutely space for legitimate debate in a liberal democracy about immigration selection, screening and integration.

Next, we will create a modern immigration law.

Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.