Immigration Quotes · Page 37

I'm going to deliver a detailed policy address on one of the greatest challenges facing our country today, illegal immigration.

— Donald Trump

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

— Jan C. Ting

“All the great Semitic migrations had their starting-place in Arabia.”

— James John Courtenay

A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“Maybe that's what living in America does to you: it spreads you into far distances until you're just little bits rolling apart.”

— Marina Budhos

Immigrants have been the sustenance and the survival and the treasure of America.

— Mark Shields

So where are they moving today? They're going to move to be meaner to immigrants in order to bring their conference together.

— Luis Gutierrez

In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.

— Rudolf Arnheim

Individual children are separated from their parents only when those parents cross the border illegally and are arrested. We can't have children…

— Alex Azar

“Oskar's particular blessings are blessings that only a major cosmopolitan city can bestow on a refugee. They represent all our potential to…

— Richard Simon

I can't take UKIP seriously. I should, I must, it's our duty to take them seriously, because they're coming out with some…

— Mel Giedroyc

We can still find middle ground, truly secure our borders, deal with those already here and address our labor needs. But those…

— John Shadegg

I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as…

— Isabel Allende

Well, when Joe Biden is president you will no longer see this separation of families along the border. We welcome these families…

— Jill Biden

I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the southern border, along which are some of…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the following goals: to improve jobs…

— Donald Trump

I like talking about people who don't have any power and it seems like some of the least powerful people in the…

— Stephen Colbert

If you're a doctor, or a scientist, or a computer programmer, it shouldn't matter whether you come from Nigeria, or Norway, or…

— Tom Cotton

Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as…

— Dean Spade

Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to…

— Zadie Smith

Many of the concessions that leading Democrats seem willing to make - from cutting diversity visas to chipping away at family visas…

— Opal Tometi

“The more ardently I see humanity as a glorious abstract that must conform to my ideal of how the world should be,…

— Alisa Harris

I was born in Iran, my parents are Armenian. We fled from Iran to the Netherlands when I was eight years old.…

— Gegard Mousasi

I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of…

— Anne Waldman

Massive immigration brings with it cultures that are sometimes in contradiction with our values.

— Marine Le Pen

Immigration is a legitimate concern, but it's not a good reason to leave the E.U.

— Jo Cox

We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.

— Viktor Orban

The Biden Administration's broken border policies force us to take migrants at their word about who they are and where they're from.

— John E. James

My goal is to ensure the Northern Border is safe, secure and allows for the free flow of travel and commerce.

— Rick Larsen

In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

— Juan Williams

Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.

— Kevin de Leon

If you don't control the borders, it doesn't matter what immigration laws you have.

— Thomas Sowell

We need to believe Donald Trump when he bullies and threatens to throw out every immigrant in the country.

— Hillary Clinton

I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“Borders don't preserve peace, borders only breed war. All peace is fiction till we treat every border as Donald Trump's wall.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I have fought for open immigration which is something I disagree with Nigel Farage on.

— Claire Fox

I know as a nation we are stronger because of our immigrant tradition.

— Brad Schneider

The desire to control immigration was one of the main motivations for Leave voters.

— Nick Boles

We must secure the border, and we must not allow people to come into this country when we do not know who…

— Robert Blaha

We have to stop illegal immigration in order to ensure security in Europe.

— Sebastian Kurz