Immigration Quotes · Page 47

I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.

— Sofia Vergara

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

— Jan C. Ting

There seeps from heavily jowled or hawk-like foreign faces The guttural sorrow of the refugees.

— Louis MacNeice

We're not going to have a wall [on Southern border] like now which is either non-existent or a joke.

— Donald Trump

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens.

— Rush Limbaugh

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

— Spencer Bachus

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

— Jose Antonio Vargas

Legal immigration should emphasize merit and meeting the needs of the U.S., including specific unmet workforce needs.

— Tim Pawlenty

We are a country of immigrants who have built this great nation, but it is legal immigration that we should be recognizing…

— Mercedes Schlapp

We have been, obviously both in Maine and nationally, enmeshed in this false narrative that's based on a fear of immigrants, when…

— Sara Gideon

I am going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence and to…

— Donald Trump

OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement…

— Pramila Jayapal

We should allow DREAMers to declare that they are not criminals, that they want to be here, want to fully participate in…

— Luis Gutierrez

I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country:…

— Alfred Schnittke

All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I happen to believe in immigration reform but I don't believe that that means that every person who has come into America…

— Andrew Breitbart

Let's at least acknowledge who is working in America right now and what our needs are, as well as the moral question…

— Anthony Bourdain

Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London…

— David Lammy

I do not favor or support, nor will I vote for, a pathway to citizenship for people that are here who've broken…

— Matt Salmon

“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed…

— Guy Standing

Before the United States, there wasn't really anyplace anybody could go. They had to seek refuge in other ways. After the United…

— Rush Limbaugh

Jewish communities in the diaspora are very important to Israel and we are open to a dialogue with them. It is bitter…

— Ayelet Shaked

The truth is I was Labor's last immigration minister and you have a right to hear directly from me about what that…

— Tony Burke

I could have sworn that they were originally Americans who maybe fled. Maybe they were illegal immigrants or something who got here,…

— Rush Limbaugh

Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.

— Yvette Clarke

As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available…

— Pramila Jayapal

It's every immigrant child's dream to tell your parents they don't have to work anymore.

— Simu Liu

We disagree with the way things are going in Venezuela that has brought thousands of refugees to Roraima.

— Michel Temer

The Republican Party needs to be very, very careful that it maintains the Golden Rule in its rhetoric regarding immigration policy.

— Sonny Perdue

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

— David Blunkett

Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.

— Jan C. Ting

I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits…

— Clemantine Wamariya

I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.

— Martin Firrell

Leaders from business, labor, law enforcement and faith communities agree the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

— Barack Obama

Know when cities and states refuse to help enforce immigration laws, our nation is less safe.

— Jeff Sessions

Los Angeles is the strongest defender of immigrants perhaps of any city in this country.

— Eric Garcetti

Britain needs to change its immigration system - and the only way to do that is to vote Leave.

— Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.

— Charles Schumer

I don't really understand sometimes the national conversation on immigration.

— Francis X. Suarez

The underpinning of immigration concerns is xenophobia and racism and nationalism.

— David Cross