Immigration Quotes (285 Quotes)

Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside was necessary to make up for the constant deaths of city dwellers from crowd diseases.

Immigration is good for the United States ... it's important for us to keep our doors open, but we need to keep an eye on the people coming in, ... While initially it will be a state problem, eventually it will be a national issue, and education is the best way to deal with it.

Stopping illegal immigration doesn't happen entirely at the border.

One of the most critical issues facing agriculture right now is the immigration reform that was just taken up by the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee. The House passed an immigration bill at the end of 2005 that could be very harmful to agriculture.

Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.

Honduras is a beautiful country but the poverty is devastating and the issues of poverty are difficult to solve. It gives you a different perspective on life and on the immigration issue.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

What the WGA has endorsed is not an immigration plan 'based in reality,' but a surrender plan based on capitulation to cheap labor interests. What is needed, and what the American public is demanding, is a true enforcement plan that is based in reality and the political will to enforce this nation's laws.

The consensus view is that immigration has a negative impact on the real wages of native workers. We have shown that the effects of immigration on the average wages of (U. S.) natives indeed turn positive and large.

He noted that under the federal system, local police departments that want to be involved in immigration enforcement may go through a training process that allows them to become deputies ... is further indication that Congress intended to preclude any local efforts which are unauthorized or based on other than federal law.

There's widespread agreement that there's a problem with immigration. That's not what we're here to discuss today. We are trying to keep it focused on the solution-oriented proposals before us.

The Center for New England Culture is pleased to continue its partnership with the Center for the Study of Community at Strawbery Banke Museum. The two centers have worked together over the past year with English as a Second Language teachers in area high schools and with local students from Indonesia, China, and other nations on an oral history project to document their experiences. The work of these students will be featured at the conference, making it truly a community project, and the keynote presentation by Charles Simic will bring the insights of one of Americas preeminent writers to the theme of language and immigration.

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

Closely approaching Scotland, the northern coast of Ireland in course of time invited Scotch immigration, which formed as it were a Presbyterian Pale.

The meaning for the average person watching the ... demonstrations is that this is a very serious movement, a large issue, and it's not going to go away. People now have a face and they have a story that goes along with what they had previously viewed as a pretty abstract concept, illegal immigration.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

I hear regularly from schools, hospital administrators, law enforcement, government officials and a host of other citizens throughout the second district about the need to enhance border patrol and crack down on illegal immigration. The costs to our education, health care and criminal justice systems are overwhelming.

Gilchrist has the most emotional issue. A lot of people hate illegal immigration. And on that issue alone he is going to be able to motivate (voters). There's a lot of frustration and nobody is coming up with any answers.

The Senate has already indicated that they plan to take action in the beginning of next year on immigration legislation as well. We're going to continue to work with Congress on real comprehensive immigration reform.

I do not support using taxpayer dollars to fund illegal immigration,

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

I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.

I'd like to think when my political career is over, people will remember me for something other than immigration.

Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to African-Americans since slavery. We're fired up. We can't take it anymore.

If our lawmakers are to effectively address immigration, international trade, the war on terror and other pressing matters, an understanding of the peoples of the world is vital.

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.

It will be an interesting way to have a discussion about immigration.

California has always been a dominant source of immigration for us.

Where our Southern Border battles a great deal of illegal immigration, the Northern Border's threats are more often drug, gun, and money smuggling by criminal organizations, ... These unique threats call for trained law-enforcement professionals who are skilled in dealing with organized crime and our border's unique geography.

It is time to shine the spotlight on those who have seized upon the immigration debate as an opportunity to advance their agenda of hate, bigotry and white supremacy. This report reminds us that there is a direct connection between the national policy debate and the atmosphere surrounding the daily lives of immigrants. Extremist groups are seeking to exploit the flow of foreign workers into this country to spread a message of xenophobia, to promote hateful stereotypes and to incite bigotry and violence against Hispanics, regardless of their status as citizens.

Chicago seems to be for many reasons the political capital of immigration. There may be more immigrants in California or the border states, but Chicago is the place where lots of ideas came together.

The problem of immigration, the dramatic consequences of which we are witnessing, can only be addressed effectively ... through an ambitious and coordinated development cooperation to fight its root causes.

He is the leading voice on border security and illegal immigration. We feel that we need to address this issue not only on a national perspective, but also on a state perspective. The state cannot wait solely on the federal government for reaction.

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.

By then, we will be able to see whether the Senate has reached a compromise on immigration reform.

We need to discuss immigration, not flip people the bird. We must engage in an active debate.

There are no significant differences between Bush and Gore on many issues, Buchanan said. They both agree on NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement), WTO (the World Trade Organization), China policy, Bosnia, both think bombing Serbia was a good idea, ... Neither will raise the issue of immigration.

I think people are becoming more disgusted with illegal immigration. I'm thankful that people are getting off the couch and taking back their country.

The Phoenix area basically is going to be used as a major transportation hub for illegal immigration, because it's going to be the first major city they get to after crossing illegally.

The national debate over immigration is slightly less heated in Washington state.

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.

Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.

Immigration really disrupted the social fabric back in Germany when the younger people left. We only know about this because someone saved these letters back in the 1800s and without them we have no clue as to what happened and what people had to deal with back then.

I would just hope Congress comes back from their break with renewed energy to do something about this issue. These concerns about immigration aren't going away. And they haven't been dealt with.

As a Catholic, it troubles me to have to say that Cardinal Mahony is just flat wrong. First of all, he seems to not understand the difference between legal immigration and illegal immigration. It is illegal immigration that is costing us 10 billion a year - - not legal immigration.

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

We are all here against illegal immigration. What we're for is legal immigration.

The only information I can give out is that he was denied entry under the Immigration Act.

It is not better for America to do nothing about an immigration system that hurts families, hampers businesses, and harms communities.