Immigration Quotes · Page 45

The Biden Administration's broken border policies force us to take migrants at their word about who they are and where they're from.

— John E. James

We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.

— Viktor Orban

We need to believe Donald Trump when he bullies and threatens to throw out every immigrant in the country.

— Hillary Clinton

If you don't control the borders, it doesn't matter what immigration laws you have.

— Thomas Sowell

I have fought for open immigration which is something I disagree with Nigel Farage on.

— Claire Fox

I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“Borders don't preserve peace, borders only breed war. All peace is fiction till we treat every border as Donald Trump's wall.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.

— Kevin de Leon

Hillary and I will do immigration enforcement and we'll vet refugees based on whether they're dangerous or not. We won't do it…

— Tim Kaine

Europe is creating the flight of refugees that's tearing it apart politically, and leading rightwing nationalist parties to gain power to withdraw…

— Michael Hudson

What we're concerned about is massive immigration of unskilled workers, mostly from the Maghreb and Africa, which pulls down salaries in France.

— Marine Le Pen

They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a Native American, that number is…

— David Letterman

I think the idea of migration through time is very important because every human being does that and it unites us with…

— Mohsin Hamid

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded…

— Francis Maude

Even now in America, you know, when people say they hate immigrants, they're not referring to a Canadian immigrant. You know, they're…

— Trevor Noah

The undocumented should pay penalties for the laws they broke by coming here, but we should remember that the founding fathers were…

— Mazie Hirono

Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that…

— George W. Bush

The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to…

— Rush Limbaugh

We believe that people should wait their time, and people should be able to be accepted here - over a million a…

— Jeff Sessions

We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world…

— Barack Obama

As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to…

— Orson Scott Card

With all of the talk about polling and demographics, I think too many people have lost touch with the human and moral…

— Arlene Holt Baker

Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S., in places…

— Ed Koch

“The attachment voids experienced by immigrant children are profound. The hardworking parents are focused on supporting their families economically and, unfamiliar with…

— Gabor Maté

In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

— Juan Williams

I know as a nation we are stronger because of our immigrant tradition.

— Brad Schneider

The desire to control immigration was one of the main motivations for Leave voters.

— Nick Boles

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

— Tom Tancredo

We must secure the border, and we must not allow people to come into this country when we do not know who…

— Robert Blaha

We have to stop illegal immigration in order to ensure security in Europe.

— Sebastian Kurz

I grew up around Vietnamese refugees, around people who don't speak English as a first language.

— Hong Chau

“This is the superhumanity of the immigrant, but woe be to the all-too-human offspring living in the shadow of such strength.”

— Gary Shteyngart

We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves.

— Chris Cleave

The tragic conditions at detention facilities are the result of an intense surge in migration across the border.

— Will Hurd

In fact, building a wall from sea to shining sea would be the most expensive and least effective way to secure the…

— Will Hurd

“You'll be brought in on temporary visas and denied pathways to permanent residency.”

— Dipti Dhakul

When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following, amnesty, open borders, lower wages.

— Donald Trump

As the son of immigrants, I could never have imagined the incredible political journey I have been on. I feel blessed.

— Humza Yousaf

Hispanic citizens know that illegal labor is taking jobs from their children and their legal immigrant friends.

— Tom Tancredo

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.

— Kiran Desai