Immigration Quotes · Page 25

Everyone agrees that our immigration system is broken. Building a wall with Mexico isn't going to fix it.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Why are we ignoring the rest of the world? We need to have a fair and global response to migration.

— Harsimrat Kaur Badal

With every generation comes a new wave of hopefuls: small-town escapees, European refugees, disaffected Londoners.

— Amanda Foreman

We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries.

— Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother.

— Noma Dumezweni

“Towns [in the Midwest] with immigrants are growing. Towns without immigrants are shrinking. It's as simple as that.”

— Richard C. Longworth

There's an immigration problem in every country that has money, in that people there have a problem with immigration.

— Michael Pena

Congress makes immigration law. It's that simple. That is how our system works.

— Kirstjen Nielsen

Despite the repeated attacks on American citizens by illegal aliens released from our jails, DHS refuses to stop freeing violent criminals who…

— Matt Salmon

Politically, I don't care what party you're from, offer a point of view and let's see what happens and really debate the…

— Robin Williams

I didn't endorse Donald Trump but I thanked him for coming, thanked him for raising issues that were important, thanked him for…

— Jeff Sessions

Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are…

— Mark Helprin

There is nothing more important for us in Maine than to welcome immigrants and help them not only become part of our…

— Sara Gideon

There are a lot of things that immigrants, especially Chinese-Americans, want to share with their children, but there are a lot of…

— Anchee Min

Much like the leaders of some European countries, Democrats believe that the more immigrants a country takes in, the better off that…

— Charlie Kirk

As for LGBTQ people supporting Donald Trump (or other Republicans), I do understand that some of them value his stances on immigration,…

— Steven Petrow

Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a…

— Milton Friedman

Because it is one thing to have free immigration to jobs. It is another thing to have free immigration to welfare. And…

— Milton Friedman

Europe is a rapidly changing place, on every level. Immigration, post-communist transitions, the unification, steady presence of war and conflict, the inescapable…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is remarkable for its truth-telling about two important issues concerning Alabama's past and present: the…

— Sena Jeter Naslund

I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done,…

— Charles Schumer

“My mother did not want to go to America: this much I knew. I knew it by the way she became distracted…

— Catherine Chung

You had a flood of immigrants, millions of them, coming to this country. What brought them here? It was the hope for…

— Milton Friedman

Speaker Boehner needs to understand the urgency for reform. Until the House passes a bill that includes a pathway to citizenship, we…

— Eliseo Medina

In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.

— Oscar Handlin

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

— Thomas Malthus

I've long been against illegal aliens, partly because they distract us from an even bigger threat: real aliens.

— Stephen Colbert

UKIP believe that immigration can be an extremely positive thing. But it has to be controlled.

— Nigel Farage

I want people to know that I am tough on illegal immigration and we are working to provide needed border security.

— David Dreier

They [illegal immigrants] broke the law, but it's not a felony, it's an act of love. It's an act of commitment to…

— Jeb Bush

If the government can't track illegals, then let's outsource the job to UPS or FedEx.

— Mike Huckabee

“At least 130,000 refugees have poured into Turkey in the past three days, fleeing the onslaught of the militants.”

— Anonymous

We must fix our immigration system so we control who comes and goes, and that starts by securing our southern border.

— Carlos Beruff

We still have a long way to go before we can declare America safe, and that means doing a better job along…

— John McCain

Our lives and our culture have been significantly changed and improved by hardware, software, and services developed by immigrants.

— Walt Mossberg

Communities are suffering, children are suffering, and our immigration policy appears in disarray.

— Jeff Fortenberry

“My brothers are retro-refugees in the new exile of the asylum-seekers' hostel.”

— Lidija Dimkovska

We have never had the will to enforce the immigration laws. What you see is what you'll continue to get.

— Charlie Munger

See, as a libertarian, I am actually far more liberal on the issue of immigration than many people might expect.

— Kat Timpf