Quotes About Citizenship

We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.

America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Americans living outside the United States are not called emigrants, but 'expats.'

I am the son and grandson of immigrants. And I know that securing our borders is not anti-immigrant and we will do it.

If you allow immigrants into your country, then you're responsible for them.

And we'll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy!

I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.

Our nation relies on immigrants.

America is a country of immigrants. It's what makes America unique.

That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

Only 36 percent of Americans could pass a multiple-choice civics test of the kind that is administered to immigrants seeking to become citizens.

If we grant immigrants moral agency, we assume that they are capable of abiding by the law, and that they are legally responsible when they do not.

We are a nation of immigrants.

I am as pro-immigrant as you can get, I believe America needs immigrants. But I also believe in strong borders.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.

We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country.

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

If we build the legal immigration system better, then they come here, and we'll have a whole lot less illegal immigration.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

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

I support legal immigration.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

I don't think it's good for economy to have a broken immigration system.