Immigration Quotes · Page 17

There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon.

— Matthew Heineman

From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted.

— Clemantine Wamariya

Both parties want it now. They want comprehensive immigration reform, and they want open borders.

— Rush Limbaugh

Our view of the law is that it - if somebody is here without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation.

— Nancy Pelosi

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

Every refugee finds his American dream on the backs of the nightmare of Black suffering in America.

— Louis Farrakhan

We've had some big waves [of immigration]. And tremendously positive things have happened. Incredible things have happened.

— Donald Trump

I never did very well as an immigrant. I've lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.

— Aravind Adiga

At the end of the day, it not only doesn't make logical sense to deny licenses to undocumented immigrants, it doesn't make…

— Cheech Marin

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our…

— Mandy Patinkin

The Biden administration is not just letting a record number of illegal immigrants cross our border, they are bringing them here. They…

— Will Cain

He had 'deep concerns' with the pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants under consideration by the group, calling…

— Ted Cruz

For decades, Vermont has proudly and peacefully welcomed Somali, Vietnamese, Bosnian and Bhutanese families - and many others - through successful refugee…

— Phil Scott

Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to…

— Theresa May

Special interests don't want border controls because uncontrolled immigration lowers wages, but the job of a president is to fight for higher…

— Donald Trump

Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move…

— Michael Greger

I spent time in refugee camps in Southeast Asia, and in the projects of Chicago. I've been to State dinners with Presidents.…

— Carole Radziwill

Countries around the world have their own immigration laws and methods of dealing with a recurring theme: desperate people searching for peace…

— Al Sharpton

Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American…

— Matteo Salvini

All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living…

— Barack Obama

Look, the ultimate goal is to encourage legal immigration. DACA recipients have had their status in limbo for too long and they…

— Young Kim

I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states…

— Bill Richardson

...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to stop illegal…

— Barbara Jordan

Stephen Miller did one thing: He simply recited common sense. This is a common sense immigration bill. If there was ever a…

— Rush Limbaugh

All three of the great waves of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European immigrants to America innovated.

— Malcolm Gladwell

The immigrant experience had a profound effect on me. It taught me the importance of hard work and the value of being…

— Clara Shih

What we have had to do in the Biden/Harris administration is build from the ground up our humane, orderly and safe immigration…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

— Jan C. Ting

I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.

— Sofia Vergara

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

— Donald Trump

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens.

— Rush Limbaugh

We're not going to have a wall [on Southern border] like now which is either non-existent or a joke.

— Donald Trump

There seeps from heavily jowled or hawk-like foreign faces The guttural sorrow of the refugees.

— Louis MacNeice

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

— Mark Shields

“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

“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

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

— Jo Cox

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

— Marine Le Pen

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