Quotes About Immigration

Mr. Trump never made any derogatory or disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants... He was talking about Mexico. They're allowing people to pour through their borders, and that's a problem for our national security.

It's not rocket science. It's not super high technology to construct border barriers.

I feel that this nation should open its doors to any person that would like to contribute to this society.

Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.

I lived in L.A. for four years, and basically, every corner you go to, or in a restaurant, you can't even find people from the same background.

In many corners the concept of DACA is a fair and compassionate one, giving reprieve to children brought into the country illegally by their parents. But the way the program is lawfully mandated and implemented matters.

I don't know a country in the world that doesn't have borders and doesn't want to know who is coming into their country.

I know I'm not the only kid that moved to America and had to live with 30 cousins in one house.

In the aftermath of September 11th, it is critical to secure our borders.

It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada.

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

Because he'll take me to Cuba and I don't want to go to Cuba.

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.

My story is the American dream that my parents fled Cuba for.

I knew that if they didn't allow me to play anymore, I would leave Cuba immediately. I mean, what was I supposed to do? Baseball is the only thing I know.

There is no other country that has the Cuban Adjustment Act; that's why it's called the Cuban Adjustment Act and not the Nicaraguan Adjustment Act.

I was born in Cyprus, but my family moved to England when I was about six.

No, the czar did not want us in the schools.

One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

We can affirm our values as a country and have immigration systems that support our economy, that grow our country, and that make sure that we stay secure and strong.

They're completely American. When I served my son falafel in a pita the other day, he said, 'Daddy, this taco is very good.'

I came here when I was 20. I came to go to school, but I ended up working for Halston as an assistant. That happened in a very strange way. My father had a meeting with Halston. And my father said to me, 'Join me. I want you to meet this amazing American designer.' And I happened to just tag along, and Halston offered me a job.

It would be wrong to say immigration holds results back or affects overall qualifications ultimately. But at the start of primary school, especially, it means that teachers have to tailor their lessons, to spend longer with pupils who have English as a second language.