Commentary Quote by Mark Helprin

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

— Jeb Bush

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

— Dave Reichert

Immigration is part of the reason why our economy is stronger and better positioned than most of our other competitors, is because we've got…

— Barack Obama

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

— Jeb Bush

There are people who are anxious about immigration for reasons that are perfectly sensible. They think it's uncontrolled. They think it's, therefore, arbitrary in…

— Tony Blair

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good…

— James Surowiecki

By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding technological progress…

— Mark Krikorian

When you are a country that is economically well-off - we are not leaving people to live on the street without help - then…

— Erna Solberg

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

At the basis of a country's immigration policy is the recognition that a country has the right to pursue its interests first, and whenever…

— Gad Saad

Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy.

— Mario Diaz-Balart

Immigration is America's No. 1 economic asset. The rest of the world can't do that. We can have every smart person we want, every…

— Grover Norquist