Immigration Quotes · Page 43

Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue.

— Pete Hoekstra

A broken immigration system means broken families means broken lives. That's what is at stake.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

Europe is like the Roman Empire - indulged, decadent, flooded with immigrants and unprepared to fight for its culture.

— Filip Dewinter

I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.

— M.I.A

The immigration must be limited, that is, first and foremost the foreign cultural one.

— Carl I. Hagen

That border wall's not going to put one single West Virginian to work.

— Richard Ojeda

Muslim immigrants like himself encounter prejudice here [in U.S.] but also find political and religious freedom.

— Tom Gjelten

I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.

— Marco Rubio

I'm not against a border wall, OK, but go to China, and you'll see a border wall there. We need technology, we…

— John McCain

On this National Immigration Day of Action, it is worth remembering that it's not just Americans in New York or Los Angeles…

— Pete Buttigieg

We are trying to get a border wall to protect millions of low income Americans against folks who aren't supposed to be…

— Mick Mulvaney

“Not again, Draper," Frank sighed. "You're not going to stop us from crossing. You and I know that the one thing the…

— Randy Quarles

The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves…

— Bobby Jindal

On Immigration policy and reform [Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. ... They would have you believe that if…

— Maxine Waters

If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for…

— William Kristol

I think a lot of the most interesting immigrant writing involves stepping outside of that old, dreary binary. Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker…

— Junot Diaz

“become invalid and there would be no green card? How could he have possibly explained his asylum application? Would there have been…

— Imbolo Mbue

Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country.…

— Michael Nutter

...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody said it…

— Phil Gramm

I just always believe that we should not reward people with citizenship whose first act in this country was a violation of…

— Mike Pence

We've been talking about the Syrian refugee crisis a lot, in the news in the U.K. and possibly the U.S., but it…

— Nadine Shah

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

— Ezra Klein

“Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that used to exist and operate in a different place,…

— Aleksandar Hemon

At the front end, to stop people from illegally entering our country, not at the back end, by reimbursing states after it…

— George H. W. Bush

“If idealism could protect each country, there wouldn't be immigrants.”

— Mr. Morning

When it comes to finances, immigrants are far savvier than native-born Americans. They keep their expenses low. They save their money.

— Fabrizio Moreira

“If you cannot read the beautiful things that have happened in someone's life, why should you care about their sadness?”

— Chris Cleave

Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.

— Naftali Bennett

The countries where you have the most fear of immigrants are the countries where you have the least immigration.

— Stellan Skarsgard

Those flowers were picked by illegal immigrants. And they're not voting for you, b*tch.

— Joy Behar

This problem with illegal immigration is nothing new. In fact, the Indians had a special name for it. They called it "white…

— Jay Leno

An employer verification system must be implemented to ensure jobs are not given to illegal immigrants.

— Mitt Romney

Immigrants are working hard to give our families a better life. Isn't that what the American Dream is?

— Diane Guerrero

You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.

— Tony Abbott

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of…

— Bruce Rauner

In countless communities across America today, refugees are giving back to the country that has given them a new start.

— Antony Blinken

A big part of the anti-immigration narrative is the perception that the majority of immigrants are poor, uneducated, and unskilled.

— Fabrizio Moreira

“Let my story remind you that behind every refugee is a human being, a unique story waiting to be heard.”

— Hagir Elsheikh

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.

— William J. Clinton

Nobody here's for open borders. When undocumented people are apprehended, they should be sent back to wherever they came from.

— Richard Polanco