“As speaker [Paul] Ryan suggested, I think they`re trying to go back to the Republican dodge and saying we`re going to focus on border security first, focus on criminals in this country first, and try to punt down the road issues like the 12 million people who are here illegally.” PeopleThinkingTryingFirstsCountryMillionsIssuesFocusSecurityRepublicanCriminalsBordersSpeakersDown The RoadDodgeBorder Security Author:Mark Halperin
“I thought for a while, Barack Obama, although he wanted comprehensive reform had less a good chance of getting it than Donald Trump because of the Nixon goes to China factor here, where Trump can secure the border and get people on board, I think he could see comprehensive reform. Not this year, but maybe next year.” PeopleThinkingYearsWantedNextChanceTrumpChinaFactorsSecureReformBarackBordersBoardsNext YearComprehensiveGood Chance Author:Mark Halperin
“I was part of the gang of eight in the house in 2013 that was working on comprehensive immigration reform. We talked a lot about border security and what was effective and what was not. Walls are not effective when you`re out in the desert and you don`t need them.” NeedsHouseSecurityWallEightImmigrationReformDesertBordersGangComprehensiveImmigration ReformBorder Security Author:John Yarmuth
“Walls are very important when you`re separating two urban areas where if you`re actually able to get over the border you can probably get into the underground network in about 30 seconds. But when you`re out in the middle of the desert, it makes no sense because you have border security people have up to a day to apprehend people who are crossing illegally.” PeopleIfsTwoImportantAbleMiddleSecurityWallAreasDesertBordersSecondsUrbanGet OverCrossingsSeparatingBorder SecurityUrban Areas Author:John Yarmuth
“The only thing I heard Speaker [Paul] Ryan say that made sense was, we actually really need to look at this and see what makes sense and what doesn`t, because electronic detection in those kind of - and drones and other types of border protecting devices seem to be much more effective in certain places.” NeedsLooksKindMadeSeemsCertainHeardTypeMake SenseBordersDevicesSpeakersDronesDetection Author:John Yarmuth
“He [Donald Trump]wants to build the wall. It would be silly to say we`re going to - we`re going to create an army and we`re going to have Mexico pay for our border patrol, our border police. Clearly, that`s not going to happen.” WantHappensWould BePayWallTrumpArmyPoliceSillyBordersMexicoBeing SillyBorder Patrol Author:John Yarmuth
“I love making my Instagram look cohesive - look like a Tumblr page almost. When they all make sense colorwise, or when you add those white borders to them, it makes them look cleaner. Clean and precise.” LooksWhitePagesAddCleanMake SenseBordersPreciseInstagramCleanersLove Making Author:Ariana Grande
“America spends billions of dollars protecting the borders of other countries around the world. It's high time we start protecting our own.” WorldCountryAmericaDollarsBillionsAround The WorldBordersOther Countries Author:Kellyanne Conway
“America is a sovereign nation. And as President Trump has said all along, made a centerpiece of his campaign from day one, we have to stop the flow of people and drugs over our borders.” PeopleMadeSaidAmericaNationsPresidentTrumpDrugFlowCampaignsBordersSovereignCenterpieces Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I don't even blame pseudo-refugees for trying to have a better life in Holland. I blame our government for allowing it to happen; for not saying 'enough is enough you are not a refugee', we have to defend our own country and close our borders.” TryingCountryEnoughGovernmentHappensBlameBordersAllowingRefugeeBetter LifePseudoHollandEnough Is Enough Author:Geert Wilders
“A country without a border is like a person in a house without a front door. Anybody can enter and you cannot ask anybody to leave.” PersonsCountryAsksHouseDoorsFrontsBordersFront Doors Author:Geert Wilders
“This patriotic revolution where people want to find their own identity are not racist but want to fight for the preservation of their own people. Their own country, their own values. Their own money. Their own borders. This is such a positive thing.” PeopleWantCountryValuesFightingIdentityRevolutionBordersRacistPatrioticPreservationPositive Things Author:Geert Wilders
“Thirty-five states have Canada as their largest export market. Let's say we get into a trade war with the United States - hopefully not, but let's say. Many states in the union are going to have trouble and more costs getting their stuff up to Canada. If we make the border a little thicker in terms of tariffs, and hit back, that will start to impact the states, in particular large business interests that are in Canada. And that starts to put indirect pressure on the White House.” IfsLittlesWarStatesHouseStuffTermInterestWhiteUnitedUnited StatesFiveTroubleParticularCostPressureTradeImpactUnionsHopefullyBordersThirtyCanadaWhite HouseIndirectTariffsHopefully Not Author:Michael Kergin
“You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the U.S. in Afghanistan. Russia is now becoming increasingly nervous about a more permanent U.S. presence in Central Asia. And China is not keen that the U.S. should be so close to its borders over a long period of time. Certainly, if the U.S. is going to be there for a long time, it's going to exacerbate regional tensions.” IfsShouldTryingLongBecomingPeriodsLong TimeIntentionChinaNeighborRussiaNervousPermanentBordersTensionIranAfghanistanSuspicionAsiaLong Periods Of TimeCentral Asia Author:Ahmed Rashid
“Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years. All that has really happened is that Al Qaeda has escaped from Afghanistan come into Pakistan, got in touch with their contacts and friends in these extremist groups, which then provided them with safe houses, cars, and not just in the border areas but also in the cities. Rooting out Al Qaeda in Pakistan now is where the main battle is being fought.” YearsHouseCitiesLeaderSupportHappenedGroupsCarBattleSafeAreasContactBordersAlsAfghanistanPakistanExtremistAl QaedaTalibanExtremist Groups Author:Ahmed Rashid
“Donald Trump has no design to transform America. Donald Trump doesn't think America is second-rate. Donald Trump doesn't think America's guilty. Donald Trump doesn't think America owes people things. Donald Trump doesn't think that the borders are to be wide open so that anybody who wants here can come here because we've screwed them at some time in the past.” PeopleThinkingWantAmericaPastDesignTrumpRateWideGuiltyBordersSecond Rate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.” ThinkingGivingCountrySecurityGiving UpConcernRussiaBordersIslamicFundamentalismIslamic Fundamentalism Author:John Bolton
“Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little country - Iraq. It's amazing, given the disparity in military economic strength. It's a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries, and there are new kinds of actors and we're feeling our way as to how to deal with them.” WorldWayKindLittlesDifferentCountryStatesFeelingsProblemBigsActorsGivenGrowthDealsEconomicMilitaryIraqTinyBoundariesBordersDifferent KindsTiedSpillsBig ProblemsDisparityNational Borders Author:Brent Scowcroft
“I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundaries.” ThinkingFunUnderstandingClearMomMy MomBoundariesBordersPerimeter Author:Mahershala Ali
“There's a lot of things, even the landscape that we show in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] of Ensenada in Baja is just spectacular. There's so much more - I wish we could have shown more, but I'm glad we didn't see the typical, you know, border-sombrero-tequila thing that we normally do.” KnowsShowsWishGladLandscapeBordersTypicalSpectacularTequilaSombreros Author:Karla Souza
“You want to trace California's move to the far left, you go back to the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill. Simpson-Mazzoli was where we granted amnesty to, at the time, what was three and a half million illegal aliens. And that's it. We were told that would be it. We would start being strict about guarding the borders and making sure that there wasn't any more illegal immigration, but that didn't happen. That was the design. Ted Kennedy, Simpson-Mazzoli, it was their idea here and it's worked out magnificently for them to this extent.” WantIdeasHappensWould BeMovingThreeLeftHalfMillionsDesignBillsImmigrationAliensGrantedCaliforniaBordersIllegalStrictIllegal ImmigrationAmnestyGuardingIllegal AliensTed Kennedy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Nobody I know is opposed to immigration. What we're opposed to is opening the borders and letting noncitizens pour in here and call that immigration. Because that constitutes the diluting of the very foundation of America, and they saw it being done on purpose. And that's why we're on the verge of losing this country.” KnowsCountryDoneAmericaPurposeSawsLosingFoundationImmigrationOpeningBordersVergeBeing Done Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If a Republican came along and suggested free abortions for people on Medicaid, the first person to stand up would be Jesse Jackson and start shouting, "Racism!" And then Al Sharpton wouldn't be as far behind, and they would call it an attempt to eliminate people of color by the dastardly, rascally Republicans. But yet Hillary Clinton is proposing it and is being feted, praised to the heavens for such a compassionate plan. The Democrats are wiping out their own people. That's why they need open borders for replacements to be brought in ASAP.” PeopleIfsNeedsFirstsPersonsWould BeHeavenBehindsPlansColorRepublicanRacismClintonDemocratBordersAbortionAlsCompassionateShoutingFirst PersonReplacementsMedicaidWiping Out Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American. Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.” CountryStatesHomeDesireLevelsUnitedNumbersPovertyUnited StatesFiveFourViolenceGenerationsSouthDrivenBordersTexasLowestEnteringMigrantsHome CountryReunification Author:Alan Bersin
“Most people who live at the border or are familiar with the border know that a Berlin-like wall stretching from San Diego to Brownsville is not necessary. And the costs would be prohibitive. And there are places on the border, such as the Arizona desert or the open terrain around the Big Bend in South Texas, where Mother Nature has created her own barrier that is not easily passable. Or if you do pass through it, you are easily detected.” PeopleIfsKnowsBigsWould BeMotherWallCostSouthFamiliarDesertBordersBarriersTexasBerlinStretchingMother NatureArizonaTerrainSan Diego Author:Alan Bersin
“To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of the law, secure borders and public safety should prevail. Drugs should not enter illegally. Migration should take place in accordance with lawful norms and secure and safe procedures.” ShouldMeanIdeasLawPresidentSecurityTrumpDrugSafeSafetyFavorsSecureBordersNormProceduresMigrationPublic SafetyBorder Security Author:Alan Bersin
“We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another. We make things together. We have shared production platforms. Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won't be easily dismantled.” NeedsStatesTogetherProcessRealizingUnitedSituationUnited StatesEconomicTrumpElementsCrossesTradeProductionsAdministrationBordersJust OneMexicoPlatformsIt Is What It Is Author:Alan Bersin
“The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world; the prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States; we do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada; an increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesJobsThreeEnergyUnitedNumbersHalfCompanySituationUnited StatesInvolvedCreatingDirectIndependenceTradeDollarsInvestmentPopulationEnvyBillionsEnormousPeacefulBordersCanadaFriendlyMexicoMexicanWithin ReachGeopoliticalCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceCanada And The United States Author:Alan Bersin
“We can't defend the country by looking at the borderline as the first line of defense rather than as the last line of defense. We have to secure the flow of goods and people by engaging with foreign entities. We assure our security by securing the flows as early as we can before they arrive and as far away from our borders as we can.” PeopleFirstsCountryLastsLinesSecurityFlowDefenseSecureBordersGoodsFar AwayEntityEngagingBorderline Author:Alan Bersin
“Protecting the sovereignty of the United States, putting a wall on the southern border, making sure that criminals are not part of our process. These are all things that 80 percent of Americans agree with, and these are all things that President Trump is doing.” StatesProcessPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWallTrumpPercentAll ThingsAgreeCriminalsBordersSouthernSovereignty Author:Reince Priebus
“I do think, over the last years, a lot of Republicans have decided it's not working, what the party believed in, free trade, global capitalism, open borders.” ThinkingYearsLastsPartyRepublicanCapitalismDecidedTradeBordersLast YearFree Trade Author:Mark Shields
“America's exceptionalism, American leadership, the American model, the American values are not [first with Donald Trump] - they're something that end at the border.” FirstsEndsAmericaValuesTrumpModelsBordersAmerican ValuesExceptionalismAmerican Leadership Author:Mark Shields
“Whether you're a populist; whether you're a limited government conservative; whether you're libertarian; whether you're an economic nationalist - we have wide and sometimes divergent opinions. The center core of what we believe, that America is a nation with an economy, not an economy just in some global marketplace with open borders, but we are a nation with a culture and a reason for being.” BelieveSometimesReasonGovernmentAmericaCultureNationsOpinionEconomyEconomicConservativeWideLibertarianCoreBordersMarketplaceLimited GovernmentDivergentPopulist Author:Stephen K. Bannon
“I think it's possible to allow an artist to go beyond his borders and play.” ThinkingPlayArtistBorders Author:Kehinde Wiley
“The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life.” IfsBordersMexican Author:Sandra Cisneros
“George W. Bush's position on illegal immigration is a perfect example of a political compromise. A true conservative would have built a border fence, dug a moat and stationed troops on the border long ago.” LongPoliticalPerfectExamplePositionBuiltConservativeImmigrationCompromiseBordersIllegalTroopsLong AgoFenceIllegal ImmigrationMoats Author:Jeff Gannon
“Where did the concept of "without borders" come from? No one had that concept until you saw Earth from space, illustrated not by a mapmaker who's color-coding political boundaries; it's illustrated by nature itself and there's land, there's ocean, there's atmosphere.” EarthPoliticalSpaceSawsLandColorOceanConceptsBoundariesAtmosphereBorders Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Post 9/11, we've seen such disastrous policies on the border. I live two and a half hours away from the border, and I've seen changes for the communities there. I feel like it's an occupied zone. We're losing our rights, and both sides of the border are terrified. The Mexican population and the U.S. population are united in fear.” FeelsTwoSidesCommunityHoursUnitedHalfRightsPolicyLosingPopulationPostsBordersZoneTerrifiedBoth SidesMexicanHalf Hours Author:Sandra Cisneros
“The Mexico - United States border was always porous. People have been going and coming back since before the Spaniards arrived. Now we're seeing communities who have family members on the other side very frightened. I feel saddened for those families divided by violence. The whole border area is under siege.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensStatesWholeSidesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesViolenceSeeingMembersAreasBordersFrightenedDividedMexicoComing BackFamily MembersSiegeSaddenedSpaniardsUnder SiegeI Feel Sad Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“Right at the beginning of all of this [Ukraine to join NATO], serious senior statesmen, people like [George] Kennan for example and others warned that the expansion of NATO to the east is going to cause a disaster. I mean, it's like having the Warsaw Pact on the Mexican border. It's inconceivable. And others, senior people warned about this, but policymakers didn't care. Just go ahead.” PeopleMeanCareCausesExampleSeriousEastDisasterBordersExpansionSeniorMexicanUkraineStatesmenNatoPactWarsawMexican BorderWarsaw Pact Author:Noam Chomsky
“Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are building up military forces. NATO forces are carrying out maneuvers hundreds of yards from the Russian border, the Russian jets are buzzing American jets. Anything could blow up in a minute.” WellsHas BeensActionForceSidesMinutesMilitaryBuildingRight NowBlowBordersYardsBoth SidesJetProvocativeNatoBuilding UpMilitary Force Author:Noam Chomsky
“The animosity between India and Pakistan is deeply unfortunate and dangerous, and it's something I've long campaigned to reduce. But right now, when there's artillery being exchanged in Kashmir - which is not for from here, either - and there are 100-ish nuclear weapons on each side of the border, there's never really been a case like this where two nuclear armed countries are happily shelling each other.” LongTwoCountrySidesCasesDangerousRight NowWeaponsIndiaNuclearBordersNuclear WeaponsUnfortunatePakistanAnimosityArtilleryKashmirIndia And Pakistan Author:Mohsin Hamid
“Donald Trump is an "America first" guy. He said, "We protect everyone else's borders but our own."” FirstsSaidAmericaGuyTrumpProtectBorders Author:Frank Stallone
“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” PayWallMarkBordersSouthernMexicoGreat Wall Author:Donald Trump
“The solution is this: There will be a state of Palestine in all of the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Green Line, the border that existed before 1967, will come into being again. Jerusalem will be the shared capital - East Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine, West Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel. All settlements must be evacuated. The security must be arranged for both people, and there must be a moral solution and a practical solution.” PeopleStatesLinesMoralSecuritySolutionsGreenWestIsraelEastPracticalsBordersTerritoryPalestineJerusalemSettlementGazaGaza Strip Author:Uri Avnery
“The people who have impressed me most - and the closest I've come to having heroes - are the people who have devoted their lives to making things better for others. These are people whose names you never hear, people who work for Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, and other humanitarian groups. They're just out there in the world, doing stuff.” PeopleWorldNamesStuffGroupsHeroDoctorsHumanitarianBordersDevotedClosestImpressedOxfamDoctors Without Borders Author:Bruce Cockburn
“When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.” NamesIssuesSecurityResourcesImmigrationAdministrationBordersMore MoneyNational GuardBorder Security Author:Barack Obama
“Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist, appears to imagine an alliance between Trump, Le Pen, Geert Wilders and Nigel Farage. Call it the populist international, a fraternal association of the nationalist right, binding people who want borders, across borders.” PeopleWantHouseWhiteImagineTrumpInternationalChiefsBordersPensWhite HouseAssociationAlliancesBindingStrategistPopulistWilderFraternal Author:Anne Applebaum
“In America, establishment politicians have betrayed our workers, they've betrayed our borders and, most of all, they've betrayed our freedoms.” AmericaPoliticianWorkersBordersEstablishmentBetrayed Author:Donald Trump