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I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here… — Barbara Jordan
One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits. — Barbara Jordan
We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not… — Barbara Jordan
I do not bring any professional knowledge of the issue to bear, but what I do bring to my consideration of immigration is a deepened… — Barbara Jordan
We are going to make sure that America is open to legal immigration because that is wealth and the talent and the entrepreneurial skills for… — Jack Kemp
...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance,… — George F. Kennan
This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great number of them, being much… — George F. Kennan
It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it among one's own people. And… — George F. Kennan
Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment at the lower, more physical,… — George F. Kennan
We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to lay… — Edward Kennedy
Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces.… — Edward Kennedy
There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands, and our economy is expanding… — John F. Kennedy
La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They… — Steve King
...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven. — Ed Koch
Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own… — Ed Koch
...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go… — Ed Koch
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But… — Ed Koch
Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S., in places where they would… — Ed Koch
Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked… — Ed Koch
The biggest challenge of public policy is to know when and how the world has changed. We are no longer an empty continent with endless… — Richard Lamm
...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
I believe that Streamline should be part of our toolbox of things that we use at the border. And there needs to be a variety… — Janet Napolitano
It is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs. — Janet Napolitano
Such a system would be very, very expensive and laborious to have, given the kinds of border we have. Scientists and engineers aren't even sure… — Janet Napolitano
It's all about who gets to work and making sure they're legally present in our country. And to do that nationally E-verify becomes a key… — Janet Napolitano

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