Jan C. Ting Quotes
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I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement, increased immigration and amnesty] to…
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Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and…
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The goal of immigration policy should be what is in the best interests of the American people as a whole. I would recommend limiting immigration…
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Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect…
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We should favor young immigrants with many years of work ahead of them. We should favor immigrants who have demonstrated an ability to learn and…
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I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to…
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If cheap immigrant labor is made unavailable, employers can hire Americans at a higher wage, or replace low-wage immigrant workers with technology and automation, which…
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Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our…
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I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants admitted each year.
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Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient.
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Technology and robotics are advancing and will reduce the need for workers in the future.
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The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population.
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Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against…
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Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance.
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Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.
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There is no quick fix for illegal immigration. But only when we achieve better control of our borders and better respect for our immigration laws…
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All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.
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I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position.
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The U.S. immigration system is the most generous in the world, providing each year more green cards for legal permanent residence with a clear path…
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