Illegal Immigrants Quotes - Page 2

At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal.

Jeff Sessions

Records, Faces, Immigration

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Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a good thing. It's a good thing for the illegal immigrants. It's a good thing for the United States. It's a good thing for the citizens of the country. But, it's only good so long as its illegal....

Milton Friedman

Country, Long, Mexican

"Illegal Immigration: A Feature, Not A Bug, Said Milton Friedman" by Brian Doherty, reason.com. May 11, 2011.

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I could have sworn that they were originally Americans who maybe fled. Maybe they were illegal immigrants or something who got here, come here with an entitlement mentality, didn't like it, fled the scene because Republicans drove them out of the country in the last election, so they went over to Somalia and started pirating things. Because they have the attitude of entitlement just like a lot of American citizens do.

Rush Limbaugh

Country, Attitude, Citizens

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[T]his is another reason why the children of illegals are sought for public schools: They'll put up with it. The children of illegals will put up with these dilapidated schools because for them, it is a huge step up. And these schools become little indoctrination centers for the children of illegal immigrants, as they are brainwashed and programmed to become Democrats as adults.

Rush Limbaugh

Children, School, Littles

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We have to deal with reality. The reality is, we have a number a very high number of illegal immigrants in this country. They're meeting an important economic need. And we are a nation of laws, and we're a nation of immigrants. And if we're going to address the real threats, then we need to have a temporary worker program to allow our Border Patrol agents to focus on the criminals and the thugs and the terrorists and the traffickers and smugglers that are trying to come into this country illegally.

Scott McClellan

Country, Real, Thug

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California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States

Gary Miller

California, Numbers, United States

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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million

Gary Miller

United States, Population, Size

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I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue

Brad Thor

Writing, Issues, Important

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Births to illegal immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United States.

Nathan Deal

United States, Birth, Illegal

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As the number of available jobs has decreased in border states like Texas, cities halfway across America have begun to see an influx of illegal immigrants in search of employment.

Spencer Bachus

Jobs, Texas, Cities

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Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status.

Spencer Bachus

Class, Play, Black

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One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

Barbara Jordan

Immigration, Benefits, Illegal

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I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal immigrants and give pardons to criminals who were perhaps a little less rehabilitated than he had imagined.

Gail Collins

Giving, Criminals, Littles

"And the G.O.P. Candidates Are…". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. May 10, 2011.

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The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.

Susana Martinez

Race, Ethnicity, Should Have

"Susana Martínez Tells Police to Check Immigration Status in New Mexico". The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. February 01, 2011.

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La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They base their philosophy on race. They advocate for those minorities that fit within the category that they define as drives them. They are apologists for illegal immigrants - and we are funding them with your tax dollars in this administration through earmarks. It is outrageous. It's an in-your-face act on the part of this Congress.

Steve King

Philosophy, Race, Organization

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...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, Safe Haven, Thinking

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Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal immigration for it undermines control of our borders...and even more punishes hard-working people who play by the rules and who wait for their turn to come to the United States. Therefore we must enforce our laws, but we will do so with justice and fairness.

William J. Clinton

Hard Work, Law, Play

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For the first time since 2007 there is political momentum behind fixing the immigration system. President Obama in his State of the Union speech reached out to the right-wing by saying illegal immigrants seeking citizenship will have to pay taxes, learn English and get in line behind people who are trying to enter the United States. legally.

Juan Williams

Wings, People, Political

"Dispensing with a new 'dagger' against immigration reform" by Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. February 19, 2013.

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It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attributable to illegal immigrants, when on the other hand the State and local governments prohibit their own law enforcement and other officials from cooperating with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate or apprehend or expel illegal aliens.

Alan K. Simpson

Government, Hands, Law

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An employer verification system must be implemented to ensure jobs are not given to illegal immigrants.

Mitt Romney

Jobs, Immigration, Illegal

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Illegal immigrants should be required to return to their home country.

Mitt Romney

Country, Home, Return

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Giving tuition breaks to the children of illegal immigrants needs to stop.

Mitt Romney

Children, Giving, Needs

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The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.

Dennis Miller

White, House, United States

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America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.

George Will

Government, America, Immigration

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In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.

Elton Gallegly

Average, Years, California

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