Immigration Quotes - Page 14

• Republican voters believe we should have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest. They don't believe we should enter into - commit the United States to further globalist policies that diminish the sovereignty and freedom of American to act in its own interest.

  Jeff Sessions

  Believe, Should Have, United States

  Source: www.politico.com

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• As the witness testified before my Subcommittee on Immigration, that barriers magnify the ability of every Border Patrol agent to be more effective. And so if you make up your mind, you can build substantial mileage barriers. It will increase the ability of our officers to perform, and the most important thing is, it sends a message to the world, the border is closed.

  Jeff Sessions

  Mind, Important, Agents

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• [Donald Trump] said we're going to have a big door. He means lawful immigration will continue, but we're not going to allow the nation to be at risk in this fashion.

  Jeff Sessions

  Fashion, Mean, Doors

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• I think [ immigration] is still is a problem, whether it's 11 million or 2 million. Why is it - why have the situation decreased? Are we going to say because of the crackdown or are we going to say that the jobs are not here?

  Joe Arpaio

  Jobs, Thinking, Problem

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

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• You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.

  Joe Arpaio

  Doors, Giving, Credit

  "Transcript: Sheriff Joe Arpaio interviewed by Jorge Ramos on Univision". "Al Punto" with Jorge Ramos, www.univision.com. January 29, 2016.

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• When it comes to immigration, I think Americans expect that our immigration process is orderly and it is legal.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Process, Orderly

  Barack Obama 's Remarks with President Pena Nieto of Mexico in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 22, 2016.

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• America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.

  Barack Obama

  Years, America, President

  "Obama slams Trump speech: Can't make decisions based on fear" by Jordan Fabian, thehill.com. July 22, 2016.

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• This is exactly the kind of thing that Trump supporters are fed up with about the Republican Party, how easy it is for so many in the Republican Party to sell out the party and join the Democrats - or not sell out the party, but stay within the party and advance the Democrats' agenda, be it with amnesty and immigration, abortion, who knows whatever it is.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Party, Abortion, Agendas

  "Meg Whitman’s Treason". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. August 3, 2016.

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• I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He's against free trade. He's against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of - in favor of developing American energy sources like through fracking or hydraulic fracturing.

  Avik Roy

  Thinking, Intellectual, Energy

  "'Forbes' Editor: Trump Continues 'Common Rhetorical Line' On Trade Deals". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. August 8, 2016.

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• 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 its consequences, and there are some communities affected much more deeply than others.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, People, Community

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

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• As the world transforms, moves closer together, jobs are displaced, and the world of work completely changes the way we live, the way we think. As that revolution goes on around us, it is going to pose political challenges of which immigration is one very obvious one, which are going to be extremely difficult to deal with. But it's like free trade. You know, in the end, if we go protectionist, we'll make a mistake.

  Tony Blair

  Jobs, Mistake, Moving

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 24, 2016.

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• I'm not like the Brexiteers. I don't deny that we have to permit immigration and the right of establishment for capital and services.

  Geert Wilders

  Deny, Permit, Establishment

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We have to do immigration reform while the pro-deportation crew is still reeling.

  Hillary Clinton

  Reform, Deportation, Crew

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Let's be very clear first off. Nothing has changed about Donald Trump's position on dealing with illegal immigration.

  Mike Pence

  Firsts, Illegal, Trump

  "Trump team dodges and ducks". "The Lead with Jake Tapper", www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2016.

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• You couldn't have a more clear choice between Donald Trump and I, who will end illegal immigration in this country, and - and Hillary Clinton, who will pursue more of the same, executive amnesty, open borders, which the American people are sick and tired of.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Tired, People

  "Trump team dodges and ducks". "The Lead with Jake Tapper", www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2016.

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• [Donald Trump] will stand on the principles that have underpinned his commitment to end illegal immigration in this country. And that's what people will learn more about in the days ahead.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Commitment, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• To fix our immigration system, we must change our leadership in Washington and we must change it quickly. Sadly, sadly there is no other way. The truth is our immigration system is worse than anybody ever realized.

  Donald Trump

  Way, Truth Is

  Donald Trump's Immigration Speech in Phoenix, www.latimes.com. August 31, 2016.

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• The facts [on immigration system ] aren't known because the media won't report on them. The politicians won't talk about them and the special interests spend a lot of money trying to cover them up because they are making an absolute fortune. That's the way it is.

  Donald Trump

  Media, Special, Trying

  Source: time.com

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• Those who have left to seek entry under this new system - and it will be an efficient system - will not be awarded surplus visas, but will have to apply for entry under the immigration caps or limits that will be established in the future.

  Donald Trump

  Limits, Caps, Surplus

  "Transcript of Donald Trump's Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• The establishment of our new lawful immigration system then and only then will we be in a position to consider the appropriate disposition of those individuals who remain.

  Donald Trump

  Individual, Disposition, Establishment

  "Donald Trump Plans to Parachute Criminals Into Other Countries Whether They Like It Or Not" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. September 1, 2016.

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• That discussion can take place only in an atmosphere in which illegal immigration is a memory of the past, no longer with us, allowing us to weigh the different options available based on the new circumstances at the time.

  Donald Trump

  Memories, Past, Atmosphere

  "Donald Trump Plans to Parachute Criminals Into Other Countries Whether They Like It Or Not" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. September 1, 2016.

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• What we do know, despite the lack of media curiosity, is that Hillary Clinton promises a radical amnesty combined with a radical reduction in immigration enforcement.

  Donald Trump

  Media, Promise, Curiosity

  "Transcript of Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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• If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal immigration on nearly the scale that we do.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Book, Records, Cash

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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• When you talk about the problem of illegal immigration, people are angry and polarized. When you talk about the answers, the debate gets a little different.

  David Brooks

  People, Different, Answers

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• Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.

  Rick Perry

  Trump, Position

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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