Immigration Quotes · Page 17

I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.

— Bill Gates

“. . . being on the wrong side of a pissing contest is never a good thing.”

— Mark M. Bello

We've been agreeing on a strict immigration policy to Norway for a long time. It's supposed to be fair, but it's supposed…

— Erna Solberg

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

— Marco Rubio

There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere.

— Bill Foster

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into…

— Steve Scalise

When Joe Biden dismantled Trump-era border protections on his first day in office, he created a slow-burning national security crisis.

— Miranda Devine

We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

— Jose Serrano

If Republicans and Democrats alike truly believe DACA should stay and be a permanent part of immigration reform, then they should use…

— Katie Pavlich

We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to…

— Jan Egeland

Americans agree that we must secure our border and allow for fair, legal immigration. I am committed to doing my part, and…

— Young Kim

Thousands of cities in America are crying out for relief from the burden of illegal immigration. Small towns like mine can no…

— Lou Barletta

While the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and cameras has allowed more Border Patrol agents…

— Timothy Murphy

Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s,…

— Ric Keller

Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of…

— Russell Pearce

“I have lived my life defined as a refugee in Nepal and India, a resident alien and immigrant in the United States.…

— Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

Cubans who arrive and can prove that they are refugees who are truly fleeing political persecution will continue to qualify as refugees.…

— Marco Rubio

Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to…

— Thomas Jefferson

I love Europe, but we are still struggling with that kind of development. First of all, we don't have a smart conversation…

— Marcus Samuelsson

If you change our immigration system to a skills-based system that respects and treats people for who they are as individuals as…

— Tom Cotton

The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's…

— Pramila Jayapal

“Hanna reached for Margaret's hand, knowing nothing she could say would bring comfort. Margaret would never see her grandmother again. Nor would…

— Meredith Jaeger

I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage…

— Maria Echaveste

One question that has always intrigued me is what happens to demonic beings when immigrants move from their homelands. Irish-Americans remember the…

— Richard Mercer Dorson

Immigration customs enforcement is a role that makes sense. We have to have something that is doing that.

— Katie Hill

“Immigants! I knew it was them! Even when it was the bears, I knew it was them.”

— Moe

They [illegals] are bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists.

— Donald Trump

My dad is a Ghanaian immigrant, and he wanted a son who was an engineer.

— Virgil Abloh

Having a secure border is a sovereign right and mutually beneficial.

— Donald Trump

So the keeper waits upon, he waits upon a border. Let me own your punishment, It's time to break the border!

— Children Of Bodom

I oversee three agencies and thousands - tens of thousands of individuals who focus on our immigration system and fixing it.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

“To be an immigrant, good or bad, is about straddling two homes, whilst knowing you don't really belong to either.”

— Nikesh Shukla

Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

We want to find a permanent solution to the DACA population, not a continual three-year renewal period.

— Kirstjen Nielsen

America is a nation of immigrants who came to this country seeking freedom and opportunity.

— Laphonza Butler

“there may be thunder in Europe but it is in America the lightning will fall”

— Ambrose Bierce

Its possible to shape a law that upholds our tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

— Barack Obama

For those who are here illegally and not following the rules, we need to send them home.

— Brian Kemp

I don't think it's good for economy to have a broken immigration system.

— Michael Grimm

Even before the Windrush scandal, it was clear Britain's immigration system was in desperate need of reform.

— Ed Davey