Undocumented Quotes
39 quotes by 34 authors
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We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or…
— Michael Bloomberg
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To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill U.S.…
— William J. Clinton
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I believe the Visa Waiver Program, it essentially is the soft underbelly of the visa system. Now we have 35 countries in it. We have…
— Dianne Feinstein
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Some of the hardest-working and most productive people in this city are undocumented aliens. If you come here and you work hard and you happen…
— Rudy Giuliani
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Nobody here's for open borders. When undocumented people are apprehended, they should be sent back to wherever they came from.
— Richard Polanco
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I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have barely…
— Maria Echaveste
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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
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After ensuring border security, I then would normalize the status of 11 million undocumented citizens so they can join the work force and pay taxes...I…
— Rand Paul
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It's different when you talk about immigration in the abstract... It's very different when you sit in front of a family, and [undocumented] children who…
— Mike Coffman
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The time for common-sense immigration reform is now," Grayson said in a news release. "We must set forth a straightforward route to citizenship for the…
— Alan Grayson
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Yes, absolutely because we think there is a way to do this through earned legalization without rewarding people who have come in with undocumented status,…
— Paul Ryan
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You wouldn't replace your carpet at home if you still had a hole in the roof...We're talking about any time you start waving a carrot…
— Lou Barletta
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Even Republicans seem to think that these undocumented Democrats could be made [GOP] voters...and what happens is that two out every three that would be…
— Steve King
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The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when companies hire undocumented…
— Barack Obama
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Together, undocumented people like me and our relatives, friends and allies wait for broader immigration reform, not just for Dreamers but also for undocumented workers…
— Jose Antonio Vargas
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When one is undone—sprawled across the cold tile of a public bathroom in a pool of one’s own vomit, or shivering in the back of…
— Aisha Tyler
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Immigration reform is important in our country. We have a lot of employers over on the beaches that rely upon workers and especially in this…
— Alex Sink
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Undocumented immigrants produced $1.58 billion in state revenues, which exceeded the $1.16 billion in state services they received. However, local governments bore the burden of…
— Carole Keeton
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In a groundbreaking move, the Associated Press, the largest news-gathering organization in the World, will no longer use the term 'illegal immigrant'. They will now…
— Jay Leno
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Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left.
— Jay Leno
Who Wrote These Undocumented Quotes
34 authors contributed a total of 39 Undocumented Quotes, led by these top contributors: