Immigration Quotes · Page 20

Think of mass immigration into America as a global 'right of return.'

— Ilana Mercer

That's why I call Barack Obama a petulant child. He's doing it on guns. He did it on immigration. He's done it…

— Chris Christie

“Illegal immigrants are to immigration what shoplifters are to shopping.”

— Jerry Agar

When you're the son of an immigrant who came here seeking freedom, it makes you appreciate.

— Ted Cruz

The simple truth is that unless you can control immigration you cannot govern because you cannot set a budget or plan public…

— Penny Mordaunt

Everybody knows that from a national security standpoint we need to secure our southern border.

— Mark Meadows

Whenever Republicans talk about immigration, people immediately think it is the part of anti-immigrant messaging. It is not.

— Young Kim

The comfortable people in tight houses felt pity at first, and then distaste, and finally hatred for the migrant people.

— John Steinbeck

I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the…

— David Rouzer

If our goal is to slow migration, then the best way to do so is to work for a more equitable global…

— Aviva Chomsky

Justin Trudeau had a message of asking Canadians to have trust in our immigration system. The problem is Canadians don't have trust…

— Andrew Scheer

As a global community, we face a choice. Do we want migration to be a source of prosperity and international solidarity, or…

— Antonio Guterres

We need to believe that we can achieve progress in fixing our broken immigration system, prioritizing smart border security investments, cracking down…

— Abigail Spanberger

[The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive…

— James Madison

[The Great Migration] had such an effect on almost every aspect of our lives - from the music that we listen to…

— Isabel Wilkerson

We need comprehensive immigration reform so that we're not creating this cycle of poverty and depression and everything that comes with separating…

— Diane Guerrero

I see a huge, huge divide between the people who are facing the most barriers and violence and the kinds of stories…

— Grace Dunham

Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those…

— Ronald Reagan

The common thread linking the major Islamic terrorist attacks that have recently occurred on our soil - 9/11, the Ft. Hood shooting,…

— Donald Trump

I do not bring any professional knowledge of the issue to bear, but what I do bring to my consideration of immigration…

— Barbara Jordan

I had not been involved in any way in planning the event in Mobile. My staff maybe, had really been contacted, but…

— Jeff Sessions

“The vows are simple, the same kind of pledges I've heard at weddings of every faith. Except at the end, there is…

— Samira Ahmed

We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they'll be…

— Charles Schumer

It is ridiculous to believe that Greece might be taking in one million migrants, registering them, then giving refuge to those who…

— Paolo Gentiloni

Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.

— Kirstjen Nielsen

If immigration reform was easy, Congress would have dealt with it 15 years ago.

— Jack Kingston

Let me tell you who the immigration system in America does not serve. It does not serve you the American people.

— Donald Trump

We need someone who's going to govern on behalf of everyone in this country, including immigrants.

— Diane Guerrero

If we cared about safer streets, we'd build the wall and secure the border.

— Matt Gaetz

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

— Marco Rubio

Mexican police will round up illegal American migrants surging into Mexico seeking work as field hands.

— Michael Oppenheimer

Immigrants are illegal, since once they set foot on European soil, they have violated the law.

— Marine Le Pen

Legal immigration is a much tougher group of people to stereotype and to identify as potential new Democrat voters.

— Rush Limbaugh

All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places.

— Jerry Saltz

Sending genuine refugees to face persecution in order to dissuade others from seeking to come here is plainly illegal.

— Sajid Javid

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

— Yip Harburg

It seems that immigrants often have a special understanding of the incredible opportunities that this nation affords its citizens.

— Jon Kyl

“Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).”

— Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY

Federal funding for cities who consider themselves sanctuary cities should be reduced.

— Mitt Romney

We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.

— Zach Wamp