The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama’s policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws. – James Lankford
You wouldn’t expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it’s different. We are pro-immigrant. That’s our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede. – Jorge Ramos
Immigration is the most difficult issue I’ve ever dealt with, and I’ve dealt with some tough issues: drones, gays in the military, WikiLeaks, Guantanamo. But immigration is hardest because there are so few people willing to talk and build consensus. Everybody’s firmly made up their mind. It’s a polarized issue. – Jeh Johnson
Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don’t think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that the results will be good. I suspect the results would be a disaster and the end of the American experiment. – Jan C. Ting
Legal immigration is the primary source of low-wage immigration into the United States. – Jeff Sessions
The largest untapped constituency in American politics are the 300 million American citizens who have been completely left out of the immigration debate. – Jeff Sessions
How many thousands of lives would be saved if we enforced our immigration laws, our guns laws, and our drug laws? Public safety is not being held hostage by the ‘gun lobby,’ but by the open borders lobby and the anti-law enforcement lobby. – Jeff Sessions
I think everybody could agree that our immigration system is broken. We have not told the truth about it. – Jose Antonio Vargas
We’re at a point right now in our development in this country – setting the immigration issue aside – that you can’t ignore the sheer population of us in metropolitan areas all across the country, of how significant Latino-ness is in the United States. – Jimmy Smits
Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. – J. D. Hayworth
Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration – strong, intense opinions. – Jose Antonio Vargas
I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position. – Jan C. Ting
I’m concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a ‘comprehensive approach’ to immigration taken care of ‘once and for all.’ – John Fleming
If we want to set and enforce a limit on immigration, we have to be willing to say no to would-be immigrants who look a lot like our own ancestors, not because there’s anything wrong with them, but simply because admitting them would exceed our legal limit. – Jan C. Ting
We don’t have a divine right to success. So I agree with a lot of politicians out there when they say, ‘We’ve got serious issues.’ We do: immigration, infrastructure. I think income inequality’s one of them. – Jamie Dimon
We can’t get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally. – Blake Farenthold
When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won. – Barack Obama
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. – James Madison
Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol. – Allen West
I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration’s reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there. – Jack Kingston
I’m not a xenophobe – I think immigration is a good thing for most countries – but they transmute the foibles of their native tongues into English in a way that’s difficult to figure out. – Conrad Black
We will have to accept a certain degree of legal immigration; that’s globalisation… In the era of the smartphone, we cannot shut ourselves away… people know full well how we live in Europe. – Angela Merkel
We must pursue immigration reform – it’s something we have to do, something that starts with border security. – Cory Gardner
Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming. – Arthur Capper
Immigration specifically was laid out in the Congress, giving the power of Congress to create a uniform system of naturalization. – Blake Farenthold
I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We’re the people closest to the people. – Aaron Schock