Believe Quote by Melissa Mark-Viverito

We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. And we know that the vast majority of immigrants are contributing positively to our…

— Melissa Mark-Viverito

...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven.

— Ed Koch

New York isn't segregated the way many American cities are, where there are specific ethnic neighborhoods that don't necessarily co-exist, or they co-exist but…

— Mike D

...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be…

— Justin Timberlake

I think Donald Trump will articulate what we do with the people [immigrants] who are here.

— Mike Pence

Trump's problems with race is an old story for New York.

— Jonathan Capehart

“Embracing amnesty and open borders. Sure, other countries have borders (the ones most people are fleeing from), but discussing the possibility of an American…

— Greg Gutfeld

One of the great ironies of our time is that some of the most progressive cities are among the most systemically racist in their…

— Ritchie Torres

Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation…

— Alan K. Simpson

Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees…

— William J. Clinton

The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people we admit)…

— Tom Tancredo

New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.

— Elie Tahari