Ability Quote by Jan C. Ting

Our young immigrants have a lot to offer. They are motivated and hard-working, and in many cases have already contributed significantly to our society…

— Gerald Chertavian

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

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them…

— S. I. Hayakawa

We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to…

— Edward Kennedy

As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

— Richard Lugar

Immigrants and Native Americans have made our country what it is today, and if we've learned anything through these hundreds of years - it…

— Deb Haaland

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come…

— Ken Calvert

We should be a nation that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and ensures that everyone gets a fair day in court.

— Diane Guerrero

I think that we should give visas to people - green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need. People around…

— Mitt Romney

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

Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land…

— Barack Obama