Immigration Quotes · Page 13

I'm a different immigrant. My life is so lucky compared to so many.

— Anonymous

I'm an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever.

— Junot Diaz

When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate.

— Nish Kumar

I disagree that our border is in devastating condition.

— Sheila Jackson Lee

“obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence”

— Robert A. Heinlein

What any immigrant is after is a taste of home.

— Samin Nosrat

We have a crisis with a need to secure the border.

— Mark Meadows

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform,

— Susana Martinez

Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.

— Yvette Clarke

Legal immigration should emphasize merit and meeting the needs of the U.S., including specific unmet workforce needs.

— Tim Pawlenty

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

It's every immigrant child's dream to tell your parents they don't have to work anymore.

— Simu Liu

As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available…

— Pramila Jayapal

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

— David Blunkett

The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy.

— Sonny Perdue

We disagree with the way things are going in Venezuela that has brought thousands of refugees to Roraima.

— Michel Temer

That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a…

— Do Won Chang

It is my firm belief that it will be in the interests of the United States, especially our economic interests, to pursue…

— Barack Obama

Arizona has become a national leader in the restoration of the Rule of Law, with over 100,000 illegal aliens having left the…

— Russell Pearce

For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for…

— Pramila Jayapal

In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society.

— Noam Chomsky

These illegal aliens are criminals and we need to treat them as such. I'm not in favor of giving amnesty to anybody…

— Paul Broun

While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage…

— Antonio Guterres

Cracking down on illegal immigration was a key priority when I ran in 2002, 2006, and during my time as governor. Illegal…

— Tim Pawlenty

How can you raise the level of consciousness on this? How can you get the federal government to take the responsibility? Florida…

— Lawton Chiles

American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of…

— Karan Mahajan

[Donald] Trump said she [Melania Trump] first arrived in New York City to model in 1996. But Michael Felix, an immigration attorney…

— Hansi Lo Wang

You wouldn't replace your carpet at home if you still had a hole in the roof...We're talking about any time you start…

— Lou Barletta

I find it very, very hard doing what the law on DACA says exactly to do, and you know, the law is…

— Donald Trump

...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of…

— George F. Kennan

“What emerged for me as purpose was the search for and cultivation of possibilities for experiencing meaningful human transactions in different languages…

— Daniel G. Campos

“are more open to the Christian faith than they were in their original context. Most have been uprooted from their familiar, traditional…

— Timothy Keller

I'm going to build a refugee home together with friends.

— Til Schweiger

“A girl like me gets stopped at immigration.”

— Chris Cleave

We don't just welcome immigrants in Boston, we help them thrive.

— Marty Walsh

[It is] one of the most complex and emotional issues of out time.

— Barbara Jordan

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

— Bible

We do need to strengthen our security at the border.

— Susan Collins

I'm for the environment but not for limiting immigration.

— Gaylord Nelson

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

— Lena Horne