“I am now more sure than ever that we're going to have a bipartisan bill ... making incredible progress.” Quote by Mario Diaz-Balart
“A guest worker program should help farmers who are willing to pay a fair wage for law-abiding, dependable workers - not punish them ... And for this reason I support replacing the H-2A program and implementing new policies that will bring our illegal agricultural workers out of the shadows, as a first step in the process of overhauling our nation's immigration system.” ShouldFirstsReasonHelpingLawNationsProcessPayStepsSupportPolicyWillingShadowFairsProgramWorkersImmigrationIllegalFarmersGuestsFirst StepsAbidingImmigration ReformDependableImplementing Author:Bob Goodlatte
“The time for common-sense immigration reform is now," Grayson said in a news release. "We must set forth a straightforward route to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who already live in our communities, work for our businesses and want to give back to the country that they call home.” WantGivingSaidCountryHomeCommunityCommonNewsImmigrationCommon SenseReleaseReformImmigrantsCitizenshipRoutesGiving BackStraightforwardOur CommunityImmigration ReformUndocumented Immigrants Author:Alan Grayson
“I will argue until my last breath for a pathway to citizenship that is quick and efficient because I want to end this chapter. I want to end it...But let me say, conversely, I am as committed as any Republican to ending illegal immigration as we know it...They want to end it. So do I.” KnowsWantEndsLastsRepublicanLet MeBreathsCommittedArguingImmigrationIllegalEfficientChaptersCitizenshipPathwaysImmigration ReformIllegal Immigration Author:Luis Gutierrez
“Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.” MenWorldSoulEndsInspirationAgeTimeMiddleYouthAdventurePeriodsAgingLive LifeHopelessEpisodesEnd Of The WorldMiddle Aged Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.” PeopleYearsPresidentPolicyImmigrationBarackLegislationPointingPresident Barack ObamaRight DirectionImmigration Reform Author:Luis Gutierrez
“As Dr. King said, an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. It is that creed of the civil rights movement that still motivates us today...So today, we take up the cause of joining arms with our immigrant brothers and sisters in that spirit... to lend a hand to those who confront injustice as a result of a broken immigration system.” SaidStillsHandsTodaySpiritCausesJusticeResultsRightsMovementBrotherBrokenArmsKingsThreatInjusticeImmigrationCivil RightsImmigrantsCreedsDrsBrothers And SistersJoiningCivil Rights MovementImmigration ReformInjustice Anywhere Author:Steven Horsford
“Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.” ClassMillionsSupportPlansCitizensProgramImmigrationAlternativesImmigrantsIllegalReportersCitizenshipPathwaysWednesdayImmigration ReformIllegal Immigrants Author:Darrell Issa
“I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on...We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people...[i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes.” PeopleSaidReasonRememberPartyMillionsSupportGroupsRepublicanImmigrationSenatorsRepublican PartyFrameworkAbrahamImmigration ReformBipartisan Author:Darrell Issa
“We can't really have a serious debate about reform on immigration if we don't have operational control of the border. ... With the executive order out there, with the urgency of the threat, I think it's very likely that we'll get something passed, later this year.” IfsThinkingYearsOrderSeriousThreatDebateImmigrationReformBordersExecutivesUrgencyImmigration ReformExecutive Orders Author:Michael McCaul
“The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.” ThinkingIssuesSummerNewsImmigrationReformGood NewsComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi