Quotes About Immigration

I do not love immigration. I think immigration has been harmful to the United States. I think it's brought more persons more dependent on the government into this country.

Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming.

Canada has been phenomenal to myself, my brother, my sister, their kids, my parents. They came there. They worked very hard. They came with a great education, very good heads on their shoulders with the simple thought of going there with almost nothing and just saying, 'We're doing this to give our kids the best opportunity possible.'

Coming from the Philippines to the U.S. did shape me in that it gave me perseverance.

Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.

I'm from the Philippines and I moved to this country when I was 16.

I haven't left the Philippines for many years, I haven't been in the U.S. for six years.

My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you would want our government to do.

We're going to build that wall high, and we're going to build it tall. We're going to build that wall, and we're going to build it out of love. We're going to build it out of love for every family who wants to raise their kids in safety and peace... We're building it out of love for America and Americans of all backgrounds.

There is no need for a wall from sea to shining sea.

We must have the courage to restrict legal immigration instead of expanding it, even if we sometimes have to build a wall.

I am working with Donald Trump to deport dangerous illegal aliens, build the wall, and end sanctuary cities.

Building walls is entirely sensible. We don't need to do it. We have got the English Channel.

Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.

Simply put - walls work.

Fences work and the walls work and separations work. They afford to any nation the delay of entry.

It's just so unfortunate that, as we get adjusted to this global economy, that the U.S. is even thinking about building walls.

Trump starts out by saying, 'We need to build walls; we need to do this.' He's very bombastic in what he's saying and his approach to the world.

It's no surprise that whether by blocking visas or building walls, there are parts of the country desperate to hang on to a vision of the United States that is rapidly disappearing from their TV screens as well as their neighborhoods.

Our immigration system needs walls and doors. We need walls to stop illegal immigration, but we also need to doors to allow people to come here legally.

In the late '80s, the U.S.S.R. loosened its restrictions on immigration. When the government was like, 'Y'all wanna bounce?' my family, along with tens of thousands of other Jews ran for the door in an attempt to make a better life in America.

Up until the point that you're a citizen, we wanna continue to make sure we understand who you are and why you're here.

Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted to tackle this problem with someone from the same background who had come through it. And that was Edgar Davids. During one of our fights, I pointed that out to him. But it had nothing to do with his skin colour.