America Quote by Jose Antonio Vargas Download Open image “To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one.” — Jose Antonio Vargas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actually Civil America America Illegally Civil Offense Criminals Illegally Illegally Actually Offense
Entering the country illegally is bad enough, but to then commit crimes against innocent Americans is completely unacceptable. — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence… — John Shadegg Copy Share Image
“it bears mention that “illegal” is a misnomer: crossing into or remaining in the United States without proper authorization is not a crime, but… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported — Slick Rick Copy Share Image
If somebody is here illegally, and they commit a crime, chances are they're going to commit another one. So let's get rid of them. — Corey Stewart Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton says nobody should be deported that entered illegally unless they commit a violent felony, which is an argument for open borders and… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
They [illegal immigrants] broke the law, but it's not a felony, it's an act of love. It's an act of commitment to your family. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
I remember the first thing I did when I found out I was illegal was to get rid of my thick Filipino accent. I… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Something is fundamentally amiss when you refer to a person as illegal. Bottom line. That's why we so easily talk about this like we're… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The only reason I became a writer was so I could exist on a piece of paper. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I like Q&A's better than articles sometimes because I feel like I'd rather hear somebody actually talk or wrestle with. — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The immigration bill is going to pass. We're going to have a bill. It's going to get through the Senate. I think the fundamentals… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I got here when I was 12, I found out I was undocumented when I was 16, I became a journalist when I was… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The greatest gift that we have as human beings is our ability to empathize. That's why I think personal stories matter so much. That's… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The DREAMers are the safe ones, right? It's okay to advocate for the DREAMers because they're the English-speaking, college-educated ones, right? It's so interesting… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I'm not excusing the illegal act. I am here illegally. I'm here illegally, without authorization. That's a fact. That's nothing you can call the… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
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