Ellis island Quote by Aleksandar Hemon

My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.

— James Gray

They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a Native American, that number is more like 300 million.

— David Letterman

Some people say these aren't huge numbers, but let's also remember that our job here is to make sure this doesn't turn into a…

— Sajid Javid

“About ten to twelve million people were forced to leave their homes and cross the new border.102”

— Rajmohan Gandhi

An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant…

— Gary Miller

Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That's 11 million people living in the shadows whom we know next to nothing about.

— Steve Israel

My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New…

— James Gray

According to federal data, there are at least 2 million, 2 million, think of it, criminal aliens now inside of our country, 2 million…

— Donald Trump

The estimated 11 or so million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. This is what Mr. [Donald ] Trump promised back in November.

— Jake Tapper

“1990, twenty-three million East Europeans lived on less than $2 per day;27 by 2001 that number had grown to ninety-three million, or one out…

— Siddharth Kara

It is entirely reasonable to want to know how many citizens and non-citizens there are in the United States.

— William Barr

Beginning with a trip out to Ellis Island, I saw for myself where thousands of European immigrants took their first steps onto American soil,…

— Paul Merton