Quotes About Immigration

If the federal government will not enforce the immigration laws, our state and local law enforcement should be empowered to do so.

We are a nation of laws and we must enforce our immigration laws.

The Conservatives have their own racist demons to confront: from the immigration policy that brought us the Windrush scandal to appalling Islamophobia at every level of their party.

Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.

We need an immigration policy that works for America First.

I've used the word 'compliant' environment, and what that means is it's absolutely right that we have an environment in terms of our immigration policy that distinguishes between people that are here legally and those that are here illegally.

I've said for a long time that the governor and the mayors should be far more engaged in this conversation at the federal level. I mean, the consequences and the impact of the federal government's broken immigration policy do not land on the backs of the people in Washington. They just don't.

In my view, our immigration policy means that we have some people who can come into this country - who we might want to say no to - and others, who we might want to attract, who can't currently come in.

Immigration policy should be set and enforced federally.

Few people are as well-situated to speak about the laudable benefits of a humane immigration policy than me.

As home secretary, I will work to ensure that our immigration policy is fair and humane.

As we leave the E.U., freedom of movement falls away, because it's an E.U. rule... What we then have to say is, 'What then is on the blank piece of paper that is an immigration policy?'

I know that many Danes are worried about the future. Worried about jobs, about open borders. About whether we can find a balance in immigration policy.

Immigration is a federal issue. The failing of Washington to implement an immigration system that works for our families and our businesses - it's Washington's failure. For us locally in Colorado, it's really important that all people here feel comfortable with their local law enforcement.

We must keep attracting the brightest and best migrants from around the world. And we must implement a new immigration system after we leave the E.U. that gives us control and works in all of our interests.

I keep my Scottish connection. I know where I was born, and that's an important part of my history, and I think all immigrants are the same. But if I could live anywhere in the world, it would be Australia.

'The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears' is very much about America - it just happens to have African and Ethiopian characters, and in fact, it happens to have more characters who are not Ethiopian than who are.

At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.

It's more complex than just slapping up a wall. We have got to take a look at all the complexities in terms of eliminating the incentives for illegal immigration.

I don't have a problem with enhanced border security, perhaps to include fencing. I think the mistake is believing that border security is as simple as just putting up a wall from sea to shining sea.

Asylum under the traditional definition doesn't necessarily include people coming here for economic reasons, but I think one of the biggest things we need to do is expand legal immigration so people can do that legally.

The thing I love about London is that it is filled with migrants, including myself.

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

We need to increase deportations.