Immigration Reform Quotes

135 Immigration Reform quotes by 73 unique authors

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns. — Jeff Bingaman
I support lowering the level of legal immigration by a moderate amount at this time. Legal immigration reform must be based upon principles that are… — William J. Clinton
I recently spoke with Barbara Jordan of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, and I increasingly believe we need a system to verify employment eligibility.… — William J. Clinton
This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or… — Charles Schumer
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… — Jan C. Ting
There are many miles to go before we get this done ... But I have a feeling that ... we're going to have a big… — Michael Bennet
I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ...… — Sherrod Brown
He [Rubio] is so knowledgeable about this issue ... I'm glad to see somebody with his background step forward and say it's important and we… — Saxby Chambliss
We are dealing with the question of the 11 million people paying their taxes, having a path to legalization and, then, ultimately, to citizenship -… — Dick Durbin
We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship. — Dick Durbin
I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform. — Dick Durbin
We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ...… — Dick Durbin
Our timing is right... The election results are still fresh in the minds of my Republican colleagues and they don't want to go through this… — Dick Durbin
This isn't all going to be done in one day, either. — Jeff Flake
It's going to take a while for some of these things. — Jeff Flake
These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a secure border. But we've also,… — Jeff Flake
I'm also particularly pleased that there is bipartisan support to include the input of border communities. Not only will security be strengthened according to Washington,… — Jeff Flake
There will never be a bill without a pathway to citizenship signed by the president...And in turn there will never be a pathway to citizenship… — Lindsey Graham
From a policy point of view, I don't think it's the right approach. I don't like the idea of having millions of people here for… — Lindsey Graham
When it comes to immigration reform, now is the time ... I've never seen a better political environment ... I'm not doing immigration reform to… — Lindsey Graham
I am confident - very confident - that if I help solve this problem in a way that we won't have 20 million illegal immigrants… — Lindsey Graham
I've always been for immigration reform; in 2007 I just didn't feel it had enough protections. — Tom Harkin
I do feel immigration will probably be dealt with as long as [the solution] doesn't provide amnesty ... Five years ago, all hell broke loose… — Johnny Isakson
I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's not going to… — Patrick Leahy
I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community. — Patrick Leahy

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