Immigration Policy Quotes - Page 2

• The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

  Al Sharpton

  Fighting, Iraq, America

  2004 Democratic National Convention Address, delivered 28 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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• So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol.

  Allen West

  Strong, Opportunity, Immigration

  "West on Issues Facing America". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2010.

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• What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Technology, Envy, Immigration

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• On immigration policy, I believe we ought to call an immediate halt, stop illegal immigration and reduce legal immigration back to about 250,000 to 300,000, to more easily assimilate the Americans who've come here in the last 30 years.

  Pat Buchanan

  Believe, Years, Immigration

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• For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

  Barbara Jordan

  Law, Immigration, Distinction

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• There are going to be stories of very young kids that were brought to this country at a very young age who don't even speak Spanish that are going to be sent back to Nicaragua or some other place. And it's gonna feel weird and I understand that. The goal here is to have an immigration policy that works. And if you provide a path for people to enter this country illegally and if they stay here long enough and pay enough in taxes, well let them stay legally...why would anyone come in through the legal process?

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Kids, Long

  "Rubio now supports Arizona law, hardens immigration line" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. May 6, 2010.

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• Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.

  Barbara Jordan

  Immigration, Should, Credibility

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• Supporters of this fundamental change in immigration policy say we need to import more well-educated talent if we're to stay competitive. But exactly whose competitiveness are we talking about? Not the competitiveness of, say, American-born computer engineers. Adjusted for inflation, their earnings haven't gone anywhere in years. That's in part because American companies have been sending so much of their high-tech work abroad. Bringing more foreign-born engineers here under an expanded H1-B visa program, or a point system for that matter, will just depress wages even further.

  Ronald Reagan

  Depressing, Talking, Years

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• I am for an immigration policy that's welcoming and upholds the law.

  George H. W. Bush

  Law, Immigration, Welcome

  "Bush breaks silence on Trump, urges 'welcoming' immigration policy" by Cody Derespina, www.foxnews.com. February 27, 2017.

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• The pope once again ripped - I mean, really ripped - capitalism and Americans' immigration policy at the Mexican border, before he boarded the plane and returned to Italy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Mexican Border, Immigration

  "The Pope: Trump’s Not a Christian". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Catholic Church explaining how contraception could be justified. And then he rips into capitalism and the American immigration policies while at the Mexican border before getting on his plane to go back to Italy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Rip, Mexican Border, Catholic

  "The Pope: Trump’s Not a Christian". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Is it logical to ask how far away are we from the pope explaining that abortion can be justified, "in certain circumstances, in certain regions," and if it might be related to the evils of American capitalism and our immigration policy?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Evil, Abortion, Immigration

  "The Pope: Trump’s Not a Christian". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 18, 2016.

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• There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Law, Leader, Wish

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration policy, we are in agreement. No other countries in Europe are closer to each other in this regard than Italy and Germany.

  Paolo Gentiloni

  Country, Agreement, Europe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime.

  Rich Lowry

  Government, Trying, Immigration

  "Feds Have Failed on Immigration" by Rich Lowry, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 27, 2010.

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• I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Law, Common Sense, Immigration

  Michael Bloomberg's Speech At Breakfast Reception In Sligo, Ireland, www1.nyc.gov. August 22, 2006.

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• Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.

  Charles Rangel

  Country, People, Growth

  "Oscar for Valid Dreamers" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.

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• While we're members of the European Union, we don't have an immigration policy. We can't have an immigration policy. It's a charade for people to pretend we do.

  Nigel Farage

  People, Unions, Immigration

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Rural Alberta is a lot less homogeneous than it used to be, partly because of my immigration policies.

  Jason Kenney

  Immigration, Used, Alberta

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I think that was the smartest thing [immigration policy], he [Donald Trump] is done in his whole campaign there .

  Eric Bolling

  Thinking, Immigration, Campaigns

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Bush equals Clinton equals Bush equals Obama equals Clinton. It's the same policies...immigration policies that may turn us into Europe, where hordes of Islamic madmen are raping, killing, pillaging, defecating in public fountains, harassing private citizens, elderly people - that's what's coming.

  Roger Stone

  Islamic, Europe, Elderly

  "Trump Campaign CEO Was a Big Promoter of Anti-Muslim Extremists". www.motherjones.com. September 15, 2016.

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• There is another part of his policy that we`re unclear about, which is how - whether he`s going to stick to this proposal to ban Muslim immigrants. It is amazing that we`re less than 70 days away from the election and we`re all waiting with kind of baited breath to find out what is [Donald] Trump`s immigration policy, right?

  Michelle Goldberg

  Waiting, Sticks, Immigration

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• In the first place, I don`t think [Donald] Trump has changed that much from what em. I never took him serious highway this [immigration policy].

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, Serious, Immigration

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I didn't endorse Donald Trump but I thanked him for coming, thanked him for raising issues that were important, thanked him for talking about immigration and considering the views that we had worked on for a number of years, on what a good immigration policy should be.

  Jeff Sessions

  Issues, Views, Talking

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• They [British people] told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as health, education and science instead of giving it to Brussels.

  Michael Gove

  Health Education, People, Giving

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