Immigration Quotes · Page 51

Referring to Palestinian refugees: "We must do everything in our power to ensure that they never return.

— David Ben-Gurion

I came to the US as an immigrant and I recall vividly those first few years in California, the brief time we…

— Khaled Hosseini

In a Trump administration all immigration laws will be enforced, will be enforced. As with any law enforcement activity, we will set…

— Donald Trump

We must continue to stand up for what's right and push for bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform.

— Sharice Davids

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

— Oscar Handlin

[Tom Cotton] is known for his efforts to scale back legal immigration. Legal. He wants to stop legal immigrants from coming to…

— Rachel Maddow

I don't view our approach as negative. I view our approach that when you have a candidate in a Republican primary make…

— Chuck Fleischmann

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

— Barbara Jordan

These four policy prescriptions - strengthening educational opportunities, revamping immigration rules for highly skilled workers, increasing federal funding for basic scientific research,…

— Bill Gates

Significantly reorienting our immigration system towards skilled workers and away from unskilled aliens should be a non-negotiable quid pro quo for amnesty.

— Heather Mac Donald

“He took refuge in the concept that sometimes slowest is the fastest in the end.”

— Stephen Baxter

A rapidly expanding Syrian refugee policy could create conditions for domestic tragedy.

— Jeff Fortenberry

We are all in favor of immigration that determines who gets in, the quantity of people who get in, whether they assimilate…

— Rush Limbaugh

I think the immigration system we have now is terrible for the United States of America. We have a legal immigration system…

— Marco Rubio

Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.

— Ted Nugent

It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

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

— Tim Pawlenty

Hispanics are the fastest-growing evangelical group in the country right now, an important constituency. But Trump's views, especially his views on immigration,…

— Tom Gjelten

In a world where unanimity is so difficult to achieve, there is one thing that - as to which there is unanimity,…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

You are never going to have, in a country as rich as ours [the USA], that borders a country as poor as…

— Ezra Klein

There`s a long conversation we`re going to have about how to enforce immigration laws. But physically securing the border is essential.

— Paul Ryan

The question taxpayers keep asking is 'why should we pay for services for those who have broken the law to get here?'…

— Michael D. Antonovich

I feel really strongly about immigration because my mom is... from Jamaica. She still has a green card here.

— Ayesha Curry

Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants…

— Jared Diamond

I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.

— Janet Reno

I and most Australians want our immigration policy radically reviewed and that of multiculturalism abolished. I believe we are in danger of…

— Pauline Hanson

This is what everybody's forgetting about [Barak] Obama and his immigration law and his executive action and his amnesty on it, the…

— Rush Limbaugh

One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority…

— Ted Cruz

Our country undergoes periodic episodes of extreme intolerance and fear of foreigners, refugees in particular. Not only were people of Japanese descent…

— Richard Cohen

I believe all of us love legal immigration. We love how the diversity adds to our country.

— Madison Cawthorn

Turkey is doing an enormous amount in the refugee question, but it can't continue to pay for everything by itself. That is…

— Martin Schulz

Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced he is running for president. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, his father fled to the United…

— David Letterman

There are a number of Americans who've been taught that, that the Constitution has nothing to do with immigration. The Declaration of…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Poverty among naturalized immigrants—that is, those who have become U.S. citizens—is lower than poverty among native-born Americans.”

— Anonymous

Immigration is not about visa numbers or building a fence. It is about reclaiming our roots as a nation of immigrants and…

— Mike Quigley

There was also a national policy, which as a child I didn't know anything about. In 1924 the first major immigration law…

— Noam Chomsky

Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.

— Malcolm Wallop

It's a campaign strategy. He's all about getting the votes. I support gay marriage too, but Obama only does things to stir…

— Barack Obama

“In writing this book, I have come to feel like a kind of immigrant in my own life, inhabiting a world of…

— Zachary Lazar

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

— Amanda Foreman