American workers Quote by Donald Trump

You can see why there are more people wanting to come from economically-distressed areas, and they can't all come to America. So it gets…

— Rand Paul

Legal immigration should emphasize merit and meeting the needs of the U.S., including specific unmet workforce needs.

— Tim Pawlenty

I do think that we need more of a balance between merit-based and familial-based immigration.

— Mike Coffman

One of the things that is great about this country is that we're a meritocracy. Aspirational, hard-working people who want to come here -…

— Priti Patel

[We need to ] select immigrants based on their likelihood of success in U.S. society and their ability to be financially self- sufficient.

— Donald Trump

The time has come for a new immigration commission to develop a new set of reforms to our legal immigration system in order to…

— Donald Trump

We ought to increase legal immigration for our country's advantage. The high-tech world we are now dominating is dependent on educated folks, but we're…

— George H. W. Bush

We like to make the distinction between immigrants we want and immigrants we don't want. They all share one thing, and that's the work…

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions of applicants…

— Mike Lee

If you change our immigration system to a skills-based system that respects and treats people for who they are as individuals as opposed to…

— Tom Cotton

Immigrant workers have become essential to the U.S. workforce, contributing across sectors and playing a noteworthy role in our country's economy.

— Tom Suozzi

Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems. The companies could hire the educated workers they need. And those workers would compete…

— Alan Greenspan