Quotes About Immigration

Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job.

I call it extreme vetting right? Extreme vetting. I want extreme. It's going to be so tough, and if somebody comes in that's fine but they're going to be good. It's extreme.

Bringing undocumented immigrants out from the shadows, putting them into the formal economy will be good, because then employers can't exploit them and undercut Americans' wages.

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.

The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.

It's a good thing we have immigrant doctors and immigrant engineers, because if you or I get sick this afternoon, we're going to go to the hospital, and we're going to hope someone serves us.

The way a government treats refugees is very instructive.

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.

There are many Sheriff Arpaios. People who have taken to local city, county, and state governments across the county the idea that immigrants are the problem. That immigrants are to blame.

The worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border.

Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.

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

People's position on immigration, once they get "sophisticated," and they rise to the higher levels of commentary or government, it's usually determined solely by economics. And not by anything else.

If the government can't track illegals, then let's outsource the job to UPS or FedEx.

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

If I were president of the United States, I'd build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in.

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!

We will build a great wall. We are going to drain the swamp.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a great guy.He endorsed me because I'm the best in immigration. And I think by his definition of the best, it's the best and the toughest.

The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a great country.' And a lot of that is true.