Mark Krikorian Quotes (40 Quotes)


    Technology is a tool, but it's only a tool. The personnel has to be adequate and the policy objectives appropriate. I would rather see better policy and less technology.

    The House won't go along with any bill with any amnesty. We're not going to end up with a bill on the president's desk.

    It's pretty clear that the immigration service does not have the ability to run a vast guest worker program.

    (Assistant coach) Erica Walsh has done one great job with the defense. I thought our back four was very organized. Ali Mims was solid in the net and the team defending was very good. Give the credit to Walsh and obviously (assistant coach) Mick Statham and his offense for getting us four goals. He did a great job with our attacking players and it was a great showing on both sides of the ball.

    Congressmen are increasingly uneasy about being seen as soft on immigration control. I would bet that we end up with an enforcement-only bill and no guest-worker program.


    The problem is Congress bans the employment of illegal aliens but bases the verification on pieces of paper and plastic. It's almost designed to create business for document fraud. It's almost designed to create business for document fraud.

    A high-profile immigration raid like this, as unusual as it is four days before Congress comes back to debate amnesty again does smell suspicious. I'm happy to see the enforcement. The question is Is the administration committed to the routine enforcement of immigration law, not just when these egregious cases come along I'm sure they aren't.

    These startup groups suggest an increasing sophistication in the immigration debate.

    That tells you the White House statement was slippery enough that both sides could plausibly claim support.

    There were players on the Olympic team like Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Heather Mitts who were not on the national team right out of college,

    Tom was like an Old Testament prophet crying out in the wilderness, and finally people are starting to listen.

    I'm not sure what about this guy is conservative anymore. He appointed a couple good judges and that was it and he almost blew one of those chances.

    But the point is that we have to make it progressively harder for illegal immigrants to get a job and we have to begin somewhere.

    Clergymen ought to stick to the things they know and government policy is not one of them.

    There has never been a public-opinion poll that indicates a majority of Americans want more immigration.

    What's next Are they going to buy them bus tickets to Chicago It's clearly a bad thing for Mexico to be encouraging illegal immigration.

    I was very pleased with our performance tonight. I thought we were very sharp and created an awful lot of scoring chances. I thought their goalkeeper was outstanding and made a few very good saves. I am really satisfied with our team tonight.


    Consumer spending by immigrants isn't creating specific benefits for Americans who are here. It's actually a big loser because the benefit from that spending isn't that great, and the cost it exacts from taxpayers is actually enormous.

    Clearly, the disbursement of immigration out of the Southwest to the rest of the country, out of cities into the suburbs is making it more politically important for a lot of people.

    I have to say I have been pleasantly surprised by how quickly the newcomers and returning players have combined on and off the field. I am very happy with the team's attitude and mentality. The kids generally seem to really like each other. That is important. We have the foundation of a pretty good team.

    For five years President Bush has been talking about the war on terrorism. But it's all offense and no defense. And immigration control is the most important defensive tool in this kind of conflict.

    They're very athletic and they have good organization, and that combination usually means a stingy defense. They have good players all over the field.

    The president has Richard Nixon levels of popularity right now. He's just in no position to push Congress around.

    If four blocks away, on the way to work, you see 75 day laborers hanging around the 7-Eleven, it's like, 'What's going on here This is something that's actually relevant to me.' That is making the issue a lot more salient to a lot more people.

    US-Visit is not going to screen out people with terrorist intentions from Western Europe who aren't on our radar screen.

    Adding 200 agents to focus on immigration is good, but its kind of if your bathtub has 1 inch of water and you fill it to have 2 inches, it's still not adequate.

    There's no question that illegal immigration, that unskilled immigration of all kinds, is a losing proposition.

    I think it probably hardened the determination of the House not to give in to the threats of the mob.

    The administration hasn't given any detail. They're not interested in passing it. They're just interested in talking about it. In the software business, they call this vaporware. They don't want to offend this side or the other side, so they punt.

    What that suggests to me is that a policy of attrition of the legal population through law enforcement could actually work because most of them are not deeply rooted.

    Politically, what this is intended to do is show enough senators on the Republican side that the president is serious about enforcement to get them to vote for the amnesty. It's a spoonful of enforcement to help the amnesty go down.

    Today's immigration policy is almost founded on lies. It presupposes lying by almost everyone involved.

    I thought at times in the first half we were a little bit sloppy but in the second half were we able to develop a nice rhythm to the game. In the second half we put together some nice attacks, which made it a little easier for us to defend. This feels goo

    Low-skilled Americans suffer something like an 8 percent reduction in their wages because of low-skilled immigration.

    It was a mistake, it was never actually even needed.

    Assimilation is really a psychological process where you come to identify with a new country as yours. The ease of overseas travel and information access interferes with that.

    The benefit to those who are not immigrants is miniscule and is completely wiped out by the extra social costs that immigrants incur.

    The professional opportunities for soccer players are very limited in America. There isn't a pro league here for women, and MLS is still pretty small, so you have to make sure a school is a good fit academically. If you want to be a physical therapist, and a school doesn't offer the courses you need to become certified, is it worth it to go there It's a question of compatibility first and foremost.

    This is the first time I've ever heard the president praise Customs and Border Protection agents. This was an important thing to do.


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