Border Security Quotes

• House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

  John Boehner

  Strong, Ifs And, House

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. June 22, 2006.

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• Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

  Jeb Bush

  Country, Law, Borders

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• When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.

  Barack Obama

  Names, Issues, Immigration

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I have been for border security for years. I voted for border security in the United States Senate. And my comprehensive immigration reform plan of course includes border security.

  Hillary Clinton

  Years, Immigration, United States

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, America, Borders

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Important, President, Signatures

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• Republicans rejected calls for amnesty and we've fought efforts to provide illegal aliens with taxpayer funded benefits. The American people are far closer to our Republican approach to border security than they are to Nancy Pelosi's approach.

  Marsha Blackburn

  People, Effort, Amnesty

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• The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected

  John Culberson

  Real, People, Territory

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• I think Donald Trump laid out a series of priorities that doesn't end with border security, it begins with border security.

  Mike Pence

  Thinking, Priorities, Borders

  Source: www.politico.com

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• This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to date - funded our promises for port security at only $900 million. That's quite a distance between what we say and what we actually do.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Distance, Promise, Tunes

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• The front line with ISIS isn't just in Iraq and Syria, it's in Kennedy Airport and the Rio Grande. Border security is national security.

  Ted Cruz

  Airports, Isis, Iraq

  CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• Donald Trump has a plan, that he laid out in Arizona, that will deal systematically with illegal immigration, beginning with border security, internal enforcement. It's probably why for the first time in the history of immigrations and customs enforcement, their union actually endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States, because they know they need help to enforce the laws of this country.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Law, President

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Environmental, Borders, Development

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• First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.

  Vladimir Putin

  Ukraine, Firsts, Borders

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that GAO has identified and recognize that there will be some costs to doing that? Or do we want to make sure that business isn't hampered and that people can move back and forth readily, and recognize that, if we don't put some barriers in place, we're going to wind up with dangerous people coming into the country?

  Michael Chertoff

  Country, Moving, Wind

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• Immigration and border security remain critical issues that I am committed to addressing this year. The good news is that illegal immigration is at an all-time low, making now the time to dedicate the needed technology and resources to finally secure the border for good. As border security improves, I look forward to working in a bipartisan manner to fix our broken immigration system and address the millions of people living in the United States outside of legal status.

  John McCain

  Technology, Years, Issues

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• Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.

  Joe Biden

  Wall, Lying, Ideas

  Interview with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. February 18, 2016.

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• We will stop the terrorist attacks before they occur because we will not be prisoners to political correctness. Rather, we will speak the truth. Border security is national security and we will not be admitting jihadists as refugees.

  Ted Cruz

  Political, Borders, Admitting

  The fifth Republican debate, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• Border security is a safety issue.

  Heather Wilson

  Issues, Safety, Borders

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• If we want to boost border security, we have to help law enforcement agencies beef up their resources to meet this demand. We cannot have one without the other.

  Henry Cuellar

  Agency, Law, Demand

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• In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

  Juan Williams

  Ideas, Effort, President

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• In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

  Joe Baca

  Government, Track, Borders

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• You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I don't know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place.

  Scott Walker

  Country, Wall, People

  "Scott Walker backs path to citizenship, increased immigration" by Aaron Blake, www.washingtonpost.com. July 3, 2013.

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• We're being overrun by people who live in poor and corrupt countries who come to the USA to get work. But we got to regain our sovereignty, we're going to control our border, and there will be border security tied to the pathway to citizenship. There will be an earned pathway to citizenship. It will be available to everybody who works hard, pays a fine, passes a background check.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Hard Work, Usa

  "Meet The Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. April 7, 2013.

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• To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally. Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.

  Alan Bersin

  Mean, Law, Ideas

  Source: www.salon.com

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