Immigration Quotes · Page 22

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

— Tim Kaine

We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.

— Kendrick Meek

We want to build a flagship refugee home. And I'm going to establish a charity for traumatized children.

— Til Schweiger

As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.

— Anonymous

I believe all of us love legal immigration. We love how the diversity adds to our country.

— Madison Cawthorn

“Your friends dress like your enemies, and your enemies dress like your friends.”

— Mark M. Bello

Few people are as well-situated to speak about the laudable benefits of a humane immigration policy than me.

— Gad Saad

I support immigration, provided the people come through legally, and that is based upon merit.

— Corey Stewart

Conservatives have welcomed Trump's attacks on the establishment, have cheered his boldness, and have applauded his courage. He has taken on hitherto…

— Tom Tancredo

He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as…

— Anton Cermak

Whether you're talking about political borders or aesthetic divisions (and clearly, the political ones have much more tragic consequences), it seems like…

— Matthea Harvey

One way to bring down crime in the state of California and every state in the union is to have an enforceable…

— Duncan Hunter

I was born in Turkey in an extremely oppressive climate at the time of pogroms, massacres, really. An immigrant appreciates the freedom…

— Elia Kazan

There will never be a bill without a pathway to citizenship signed by the president...And in turn there will never be a…

— Lindsey Graham

My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and…

— Leonard Nimoy

Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions…

— Orhan Pamuk

Well, when you're an immigrant writer, or an immigrant, you're not always welcome to this country unless you're the right immigrant. If…

— Sandra Cisneros

40 percent of people who come to visit America on a visa overstay their visa and we have no idea where they…

— Rand Paul

In the pioneer West Whitopias, immigration tended to be the dominant social and racial issue. In Forsyth County, Georgia, immigration is still…

— Richard Benjamin

The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only…

— Ed Koch

The best way to create and bring dependent voters in is to bring people that don't have much education and therefore do…

— Rush Limbaugh

I'm not someone who's an immigrant who's struggling in that way, but between New York and L.A., I had someone tell me…

— Greta Gerwig

Immigration reform is important in our country. We have a lot of employers over on the beaches that rely upon workers and…

— Alex Sink

Walls are very important when you're separating two urban areas where if you're actually able to get over the border you can…

— John Yarmuth

I'm Latina. I was born with high heels. We crossed border in high heels. We were running from immigration...I can do aerobics…

— Eva Longoria

Throughout Philippine history, it's the immigrants who built fortunes and, in the process, helped build Philippine economy.

— John Gokongwei

All asylum seekers at our border should remind us that we are a nation of immigrants and that we were once strangers…

— Jacky Rosen

History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.

— Ellsworth Huntington

No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.

— Clayton Cramer

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

— Ric Keller

There are a lot of people who waited a lot of years to become citizens. These people just walked across the border.

— Alvin Williams

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

— Roger Wicker

What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.

— George J. Borjas

Bashar Assad is a major cause of the refugees which are now flooding Europe and causing such consternation in the United States.

— John McCain

Of course some people who oppose mass migration are racists, but then so are some of the people who support it.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy.

— Connie Sellecca

The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration.

— Theresa May

I am opposed to those who have an ideological vision of immigration, and I think that, given the situation in France, it…

— Marine Le Pen

I think the refugee problem is Europe is vastly worse than we have in the United States.

— Michael Leiter

“By the time Myron was forced to return, their clients were scattering into the night like kitchen help during an immigration bust.”

— Harlan Coben