Rand Paul Quotes About Immigration

Quotes about: Immigration

• We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let's make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let's make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.

  Rand Paul

  Jobs, Opportunity, Hiding In The Shadows

• Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you.

  Rand Paul

  America, Wish, Immigration

  "Rand Paul signals willingness to engage in immigration reform debate" by Tom McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2013.

• After ensuring border security, I then would normalize the status of 11 million undocumented citizens so they can join the work force and pay taxes...I would normalize them at a rate of about two million per year.

  Rand Paul

  Years, Two, Immigration

• I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.

  Rand Paul

  Worry, Pathways, Immigration

• I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts.

  Rand Paul

  Support, Immigration, Language

  "Rand Paul: U.S. Should Stop Granting Citizenship To Children Of Illegal Immigrants" By Elyse Siegel, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2010.

• 40 percent of people who come to visit America on a visa overstay their visa and we have no idea where they are. On 9/11, at least 2 of the hijackers were here on visa. They were traveling back and forth to the Middle East. And we really had no idea where they were or what they were doing. And they were overstaying their visa. So there are problems I think in the immigration system that need to be fixed for our safety.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Ideas, America

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• 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 into the valid, legitimate debate over immigration as to how do we choose. Do we have a diversity lottery and take people from everywhere, do we base it more on merit?

  Rand Paul

  People, Diversity, Immigration

• I do want to see an immigration compromise. And you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody's out there calling the president a racist.

  Rand Paul

  President, Immigration, Racist

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