Immigration Quotes - Page 22

• Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.

  Ted Nugent

  Rivers, America, Fence

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• If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.

  Ted Nugent

  Law, America, Packages

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• Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.

  Ted Nugent

  Law, Support, Abiding

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• I supported Arizona's immigration law by joining in that lawsuit to defend it. Every day I have Texans on that border that are doing their job.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Joining In, Law

  "TRANSCRIPT: Fox News-Google GOP Debate". www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

  Bill Richardson

  Hurt, Thinking, Issues

  "Bill Richardson: Latino Presidential Candidate Coming Soon". "Fox News Latino" with Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. June 18, 2012.

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• People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S.

  Robert Rodriguez

  People, Mexico, Corruption

  "Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo Interview MACHETE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 29, 2010.

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• Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

  Marco Rubio

  Immigrants, Legal Immigration

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• It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.

  Marco Rubio

  Running, Block, Broken

  "Marco Rubio Calls For GOP to Chill on Immigration Rhetoric" by Bryan Llenas, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2012.

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• I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being, because it's more useful as a campaign issue than it is as a solved issue.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Thinking, Issues

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• Americans believe in the value of immigration. We are the most generous nation on earth to immigrants, allowing over one million people a year to come here legally.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Years, People

  "Here's the truth about my plan for immigration reform" by Marco Rubio, www.foxnews.com. April 23, 2013.

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• And I think for some - not all - but for some Democrats, the issue of immigration is better politically if they just leave it the way it is now because they can use it against Republicans.

  Marco Rubio

  Thinking, Issues, Use

  "Some Democrats see immigration inaction as expedient, Rubio says" by Gregory Wallace, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. May 23, 2012.

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• I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and that's not who we should be we should be the pro-legal immigration party.

  Marco Rubio

  Party, Challenges, Who We Are

  "Marco Rubio Calls For GOP to Chill on Immigration Rhetoric" by Bryan Llenas, www.foxnews.com. January 27, 2012.

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• We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

  Paul Ryan

  Feet, People, Safety

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• We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  School, People, Promise

  "Iain Duncan Smith appeals to businesses to employ young Britons" by Adam Gabbatt, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2011.

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• Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Party, Sacrifice, Agendas

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• Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them.

  Michael Steele

  Country, People, Important

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• Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.

  James Surowiecki

  Reform, Borders, Wages

  "Immigration Reform and the American Worker". www.newyorker.com. February 21, 2013.

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• The Obama administration will continue to fight for a comprehensive immigration solution that includes AgJobs and a stable workforce for our farms.

  Tom Vilsack

  Fighting, Administration, Workforce

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• One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

  Allen West

  Health, Issues, Hydra

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

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• Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

  Allen West

  Book, Law, Borders

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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, Borders

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

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• America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.

  George Will

  Government, America, Reform

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• If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.

  George Will

  Children, Law, Rewards

  "An argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship" by George F. Will, www.washingtonpost.com. March 28, 2010.

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• Beyond budget fights, the Obama second-term agenda was supposed to be about passing comprehensive immigration reform.

  Juan Williams

  Fighting, Reform, Agendas

  "Gun Action Central to Obama's Presidency". www.realclearpolitics.com. January 18, 2013.

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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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