Quotes About Immigration

I grew up in a Chinese American enclave where the person who lived down the street had literally lived down the street from my mother in Shanghai.

You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.

I am an Israeli-born American citizen.

I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much.

It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

I would love to be an Aussie citizen.

I became a citizen after 9/11.

I'm not an American citizen.

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

I have dual citizenship.

Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

If there's amnesty leading to citizenship, I'm going to vote against it again.

My mother didn't get her citizenship until much later in life.

Don't talk to me about civility when you're separating families at the border.

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean, it brings up a lot of interesting questions.

Proper training and federal supervision in state-federal partnerships are essential to both assuring constitutional rights and enforcing our immigration laws. Our Founding Fathers' concept of federalism does not prohibit such cooperation, and we have learned from experience that joint efforts work best.

My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada without knowing any English. She worked retail jobs and raised my sister and me while learning English.

Business has to stand up on behalf of its employees, on behalf of immigration, on behalf of its customers, and on behalf of supply chain-cum-globalization.

I know that when my grandfather crossed the Rio Grande, somebody was there to support him and to fight for him. I know when my dad was discriminated against because he was a Hispanic, somebody opened doors for him, and that's why he opened doors for others. That's what we do as Americans.

Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-Hispanic. That's why Obama ignores the broad support for an immigration plan that would provide border security once and for all and then deal with the illegal immigrants who live here.

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.

I've always supported the DREAM Act. I'm a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act.