Immigration Quotes - Page 33

• I mean, these are kids that are getting on rail cars, riding the top of rail cars all the way up through Mexico. I mean, the danger that they're put in, the sexual assaults that are occurring - I mean, all of this is a great consternation, I think, for any of us. But when they come here and then they're dumped on our cities and our counties and our state is expected to pick up the costs, there's a point in time where you say, 'Quit giving these individuals incentives to come up and then be resettled in the United States'. That's the real issue for me.

  Rick Perry

  Real, Mean, Kids

  "Perry sets the record straight on illegal immigrant kids: The President of the United States must deal with this". www.foxnews.com. May 08, 2012.

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• [T]his is another reason why the children of illegals are sought for public schools: They'll put up with it. The children of illegals will put up with these dilapidated schools because for them, it is a huge step up. And these schools become little indoctrination centers for the children of illegal immigrants, as they are brainwashed and programmed to become Democrats as adults.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Children, School, Littles

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• Hard-working immigrant workers in this country deserve a real path to citizenship as a part of comprehensive immigration reform...We will continue to work with the immigrant rights community and our allies in Congress to devise a truly comprehensive model that places immigrant and workers' rights at the head of the line.

  John Sweeney

  Country, Real, Hard Work

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• Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Many jobs often thought to be overwhelmingly done by immigrants are in fact majority native-born: 51 percent of maids are U.S.-born, as are 63 percent of butchers and meat processors, and 73 percent of janitors.

  Mark Krikorian

  Jobs, Occupation, Facts

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• When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors to concoct a series of positions deliberately designed to weaken America, they would be hard pressed to beat the current GOP dogma - hobble education, starve the government by slashing taxes to the rich, kneecap attempts to jumpstart the economy by fixating on debt, invite corporations to dominate political discourse, balkanize the population by demonizing minorities and immigrants and let favored religions dictate social policy.

  Neil Steinberg

  Party, Government, America

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• The people blocking buses in Murrieta, California, didn't come from radical groups, they were everyday Americans who were perfectly willing to frighten those children

  Mark Potok

  Children, Block, California

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• What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.

  Mark Potok

  Government, Crisis, Resolve

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• With all of the talk about polling and demographics, I think too many people have lost touch with the human and moral crisis of deportations. Every day, roughly 1,000 people are deported because the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives is denying the majority of the US Congress a chance to vote on citizenship. I will be arrested today because the labor movement stands with the families tragically ripped apart by John Boehner and the House Republicans’ embrace of a broken immigration system.

  Arlene Holt Baker

  Thinking, People, Broken

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• Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich.

  Laila Lalami

  Migrants, Lexicon, Rich

  Twitter post from Apr 8, 2013

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• The question we Americans need to address, before it is answered for us, is: Does this First World nation wish to become a Third World country? Because that is our destiny if we do not build a sea wall against the waves of immigration rolling over our shores...Who speaks for the Euro-Americans, who founded the USA?...Is it not time to take back America?

  Pat Buchanan

  Country, Wall, Destiny

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• Enforcement alone does not work. Unless we address the gap between our immigration laws and reality, illegal immigration will not stop and the situation on the border will continue to be chaotic.

  Harry Reid

  Reality, Law, Gaps

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• If our government has a policy, any political subdivision, that limits or restricts the enforcement of our immigration laws, we will sue them! And that suit will be $5,000 a day every day until that policy is changed! This law will be enforced.

  Russell Pearce

  Government, Law, Political

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• But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the ground. And then you need to have interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws inside the country. And that means dealing with the employers who still consistently hire illegal labor.

  Janet Napolitano

  Country, Mean, Technology

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• I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.

  Jack Kingston

  Real, Issues, Effort

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews" with Campbell Brown, www.nbcnews.com. July 18, 2005.

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• We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Significant Change, Two

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• Waiting for a long-term solution to immigration reform will not make Americans safer.

  Bruce Braley

  Long, Waiting, Reform

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• Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

  Spencer Bachus

  Views, America, Issues

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• I think the immigration system we have now is terrible for the United States of America. We have a legal immigration system that does not work. It does not reflect the economic needs of this country in the 21st century. It needs to be modernized.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Thinking, America

  Source: alter.newsweek.msnbc.com

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• A lot of conservatives, a big part of the Republican base don't like his position on common core, don't like his position on immigration.

  Jeb Bush

  Common, Republican, Bigs

  "Sony caves on free speech; Bill Cosby's team rips CNN". "MediaBuzz" with Howard Kurtz, www.foxnews.com. December 21, 2014.

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• Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.

  Bill Richardson

  Giving, Would Be, Three

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The immigration system is broken and it needs to be fixed. And it needs to be fixed comprehensively, because this country depends on immigrant workers, but we don't have a system that reflects that. Our system is absolutely antiquated.

  Pramila Jayapal

  Country, Broken, Needs

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Part of comprehensive immigration reform is not just the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, but also the ability for families to be together.

  Pramila Jayapal

  Together, Reform, Path

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions of sad stories in this giant sea of immigration, poverty, misery and contradictions. So much anger, frustration and fury.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Frustration, Istanbul, Sea

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as a protector of trans people, we should be focused on what systems of law and administration do to trans people and our interventions should aim to dismantle harmful, violent systems such as criminal punishment and immigration enforcement.

  Dean Spade

  Law, Punishment, People

  "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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• When we approach legal reform work, we can ask questions like: Will this provide actual relief to people facing violence or harm or will it primarily be a symbolic change? Will this divide our constituency by offering relief only to people with certain privileged statuses (such as people with lawful immigration status, people with jobs, married people, etc.)?

  Dean Spade

  Jobs, Offering, People

  "On Normal Life". Interview with Natalie Oswin, societyandspace.org. January 15, 2014.

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