Charles Schumer Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.

  Charles Schumer

  Giving, Immigration, Amnesty

• Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get on an airplane [to the U.S.] and claim asylum...when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York, they will say to you, 'OK, we'll give you a hearing on whether you deserve asylum. Show up in a year.' And two-thirds of the people never show up.

  Charles Schumer

  New York, Airplane, Airports

• Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

  Charles Schumer

  Giving Up, Serious Things, Things To Do

• Donald Trump, when he gives his speeches, talks like a populist. And he talks to middle class and working America and poor people. But when he governs, at least in his first 40 days, he governs like a hard-right guy.

  Charles Schumer

  Class, America, People

  "After Speech To Congress, Trump Holds Meeting With GOP Leaders". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, wxxinews.org. March 1, 2017.

• I told the President, I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk.

  Charles Schumer

  Giving, Trying, President

  "Schumer: Obama's 'counter-productive' Israel policy 'has to stop'" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. April 22, 2010.

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