Immigration Quotes

Our asylum system is sick.

If economy were good, there'd be no immigration problem.

Let's face it.., our current [immigration control] system is like a busy intersection without a traffic cop: sure there are laws on the books, but absent enforcement, there are too many accidents.

Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of the world toward population stabilization.

When I started Cove, I spoke to three immigration lawyers who gave me a long checklist of things to do before my company could hire immigrants.

[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service.

We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.

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.

The Democrats' version of immigration is all about securing additional votes.

The pope once again ripped - I mean, really ripped - capitalism and Americans' immigration policy at the Mexican border, before he boarded the plane and returned to Italy.

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.

A federal appellate circuit looked at what [Barak] Obama was doing and said he can't do it. Immigration law is settled.

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

I don't think immigration is what's happening in our country. I think an invasion is what is happening, particularly southern border.

In the first place, I don't think [Donald] Trump has changed that much from what em. I never took him serious highway this [immigration policy].

You know what the left has succeeded in doing, they have succeeded, in terms of the vernacular, the lexicon, they've redefined the word "immigration" and to tell everyone we're anti-immigrant.

The reason Donald Trump has supporters... I can go through the list for you. The issues are border/immigration, jobs, military, "make America great again..."

This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it.

The American people love immigration. They just want it obeyed. They want the laws obeyed. They want there to be assimilation.

EU leaders must act over immigration

He [Rubio] is so knowledgeable about this issue ... I'm glad to see somebody with his background step forward and say it's important and we need to look at it.

When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.

Looking to Donald Trump's immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got him this far?

Immigration has been [Donald] Trump's signature issue throughout his entire presidential campaign, and his supporters love him for it.

It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all.

He had 'deep concerns' with the pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants under consideration by the group, calling it 'profoundly unfair' to legal immigrants.

I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in particular the question of what to do with people who are here now.

On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students.

In fact, I think we're less safe. We get so distracted by all of the information, we're not spending enough time getting specific immigration - specific information on terrorists.

By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in the national interest.

Let's be honest, if the Democrats didn't support ignoring our nation's immigration laws, there is no way they could win the presidency or a local dog catcher election.

America is a nation of immigrants. We have to have a functioning immigration system.

To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence and since.

If you have waves of immigration, you better figure out a way to turn those immigrants into red-blooded Americans, or else you end up splintering the society.

The country has already become multicultural. Given immigration trends, it will only grow more diverse, and these new Americans want to share in their country's identity.

The Obama administration will continue to fight for a comprehensive immigration solution that includes AgJobs and a stable workforce for our farms.

Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.

We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a path out of Europe.

To me, Sheitan movie is the answer to all the problems we have in France concerning immigration. That is a fake problem; people can actually work together and do something very interesting out of it.

It simply doesn't make any sense for us to have illegal aliens in our custody in our courts and then let them go back to living here illegally. That's wrong and we should stop it.

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens.

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.

[It] has a lot of things in it that I like, but I think it's way too hard on financing things from immigrants.

I think [Donald Trump] will do something on immigration.

If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for Trump voters in 2016.

Partial legalization, as some are suggesting, is a dangerous path, and we need only look at France and Germany to see how unwise it is to create a permanent underclass.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

America is big enough to accommodate all their dreams.

A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.

At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise likely would not exist.