The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem. – Erich Leinsdorf
Well-meaning Europeans sometimes argue that unlike the U.S., their countries are traditionally ‘homogeneous’ and have little experience with immigration. – Noah Feldman
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime. – Moshe Sharett
I don’t see how the party that says it’s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. – Newt Gingrich
Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk to high-risk areas, disease rates skyrocket as they adopt Western diets and lifestyles. – Michael Greger
Immigration, of course, in New Hampshire is – it’s not something that you see every day. It’s not like talking about it in Texas, where people have a much more explicit sense of it. – Evan Osnos
It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans. – Dave Reichert
Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories. – Cristina Henriquez
You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can’t pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform. – Gail Collins
Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration. – Dana Rohrabacher
‘Know your enemy, name your enemy’ is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi adherents at foreign consular offices and at our borders. – Michelle Malkin
Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American – economy, jobs, healthcare, education. – Eva Longoria
There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America. – Niger Innis
We need immigration reform, but we need open-air, smaller bills that are germane to an issue and have an open discussion with the American people. – Paul Gosar
Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers. We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people. – Donald Trump
For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They’re much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population. – Gail Collins
Congressional opposition to immigration reform or emergency funds doesn’t stem from any philosophical objections or differences of principle. It stems from a calculated, petty, selfish rejection of anything Obama proposes. – Donna Brazile
We have farmers in southwestern Yuma, so immigration – they wanted to talk to us about it. – Paul Gosar
Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth. – Dave Reichert
During the campaign, Trump in many ways repudiated President Obama’s national security and foreign policy approach on issues like the Iran nuclear deal and immigration. So there’s a real question of continuity or disruption with Trump, which wouldn’t have existed if Clinton was president-elect. – Peter L. Bergen
After this interview, I’m going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person. – Emily Blunt
The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants. – Nathan Deal
Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that’s my position. I’ve been pushing that one since before it was popular. – Dick Mountjoy
It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens. – Emanuel Celler