“Well, there are many things, whenever you look back, that you would've done differently. We're all human. We do our best at the time. I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country. We came close, but we couldn't.” HumansWellsLooksCountryDoneWishBillsImmigrationOur CountryComprehensive Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Bill Clinton blasted anti-immigration supporters at the National Council of La Raza convention in Los Angeles Saturday. Thousands of Hispanics poured into Los Angeles for the convention. The hot weather in the desert kept the numbers down.” NumbersHotBillsClintonImmigrationWeatherDesertLos AngelesConventionsSaturdaySupporterCouncilHot Weather Author:Argus Hamilton
“When I had to fill in my immigration papers, I gave my age as 19, and my profession as genius; I added that I had nothing to declare except my talent.” AgeTalentGeniusPaperProfessionImmigrationPapers Author:Oscar Wilde
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“What (the Arizona immigration law) is likely to mean effectively is that if in the course of a traffic stop, a cop asks you for a driver's license, and you don't have one, and he asks you for other identification, and you have none, and he calls ICE and they have no record of you as a legal immigrant, you're in trouble. This is near-fascism?” IfsMeanLawCoursesAsksRecordsTroubleImmigrationIceImmigrantsDriversFascismCopTrafficLicenseIdentificationArizonaImmigration Laws Author:Rich Lowry
“Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime.” ShouldTryingStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyImmigrationFederal GovernmentArizonaImmigration Policy Author:Rich Lowry
“Arizona just became the 15th state to approve medical marijuana. So I give it three days before they stop caring about the whole immigration thing.” GivingStatesWholeThreeCaringMedicalImmigrationMarijuanaArizonaMedical MarijuanaStop Caring Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration. The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.” YearsReasonGovernmentPartyIssuesKeysRepublicanSixVoteElectionRewardsSpendingImmigrationNo ReasonRepublican PartyStatus QuoInactionFederal Spending Author:Bob Barr
“We need to fix our legal immigration system.” NeedsImmigrationLegal Immigration Author:Carly Fiorina
“Chicago is not a bad place to live. But the usual story of immigration is the happy fulfillment of human potential in America that is not available anywhere else - it's propaganda, really. It's more complicated than that.” HumansStoriesAmericaAvailableComplicatedImmigrationPropagandaFulfillmentChicagoUsualPlaces To LiveHuman Potential Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“Independent of politics, the changing narrative on immigration is directly correlated to the fact that we have new technologies that are allowing people to talk to each other and tell their own stories and organize themselves.” PeopleFactsStoriesTechnologyIndependentImmigrationNarrativeAllowingOrganizeNew Technology Author:Jose Antonio Vargas
“Our Muslim friends must learn from previous waves of immigration.” WaveImmigration Author:Edward Leigh
“We know that the abilities of European Union member states are not infinite. As such, it makes little sense for us to criticize each other.All of us accepted Sweden's decision to introduce border controls too. And that is a country that was for decades the most open to immigration.” KnowsLittlesCountryStatesAbilityDecisionMembersInfiniteUnionsDecadesAcceptedImmigrationBordersCriticizeIntroducingEuropean UnionSwedenBorder Control Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“I think the immigration thing has really stuck to Marco Rubio. He was on the wrong side of what`s emerged as probably the most important issue for the conservative base.” ThinkingImportantSidesIssuesConservativeStuckImmigrationMarcosImportant Issues Author:Josh Barro
“It's a huge gap in security, it's a huge problem we've had with our immigration system for many years.” YearsProblemSecurityHugeImmigrationGaps Author:Adam Schiff
“It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system.” StoriesDifficultBrokenPainfulImmigrationDestructive Author:Luis Gutierrez
“The Congress talks and talks and talks and talks, but doesn't act. I'm going to continue to work with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.” SidesCongressImmigrationReformColleaguesComprehensiveAisleImmigration Reform Author:Luis Gutierrez
“Immigration reforms are always controversial. Our Congress was created to muster political will to answer such challenges. Today we didn't, but tomorrow we will. I yield the floor.” TodayPoliticalChallengesAnswersTomorrowCongressImmigrationReformYieldControversialImmigration ReformMusterPolitical Will Author:Edward Kennedy
“There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened.” FirstsKindCommunityHappenedImmigrationReformImmigrantsImmigration Reform Author:Luis Gutierrez
“The greatest myth of all is what America is. I think that America is such an incredibly dynamic place because of immigration.” ThinkingAmericaMythImmigration Author:Junot Diaz
“The interesting point is that the polarization is not so much among the public, although there's some of that. The polarization on the immigration issue is really between the elites and the public. In other words, this is not so much a right-left issue, which it is partly.” LeftInterestingIssuesImmigrationElitesPolarization Author:Mark Krikorian
“But it's more an up-versus-down issue because the research has shown that opinion leaders, whether they're elected officials, journalists, business leaders - it's academics, religious leaders - they have dramatically different views on immigration. A” DifferentReligiousViewsLeaderOpinionIssuesResearchImmigrationJournalistOfficialsVersusBusiness LeadersElected OfficialsReligious LeadersDifferent ViewsOpinion Leaders Author:Mark Krikorian
“And they are much more skeptical of the very idea of having immigration limits, whereas the public - again, independents and Democrats, as well as Republicans, although not necessarily all in the same proportions - have a much stronger sense of the American government and American law having responsibility to Americans specifically rather than to people around the world. So the polarization is up versus down, not really right versus left.” PeopleWorldWellsIdeasGovernmentLawLeftResponsibilityRepublicanLimitsStrongerDemocratImmigrationAround The WorldProportionVersusSkepticalAmerican GovernmentPolarizationAmerican Law Author:Mark Krikorian
“I don't think it was progressive to vote to give gun makers and sellers immunity. I don't think it was progressive to vote against Ted Kennedy's immigration reform.” ThinkingGivingGunVoteImmigrationReformProgressiveMakersSellersImmigration ReformImmunityTed Kennedy Author:Hillary Clinton
“There are differences of opinion, especially when it comes to economic and financial policy. But when it comes to foreign and especially immigration policy, we are in agreement. No other countries in Europe are closer to each other in this regard than Italy and Germany.” CountryDifferencesOpinionEconomicPolicyEuropeRegardFinancialImmigrationGermanyAgreementOther CountriesDifferences Of OpinionImmigration Policy Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“I'm not particularly optimistic, but I hope that the lack of alternatives will lead to it. I would like to remind you of the fact that before May 2015 there was no overall European agenda on immigration. Nothing, zero. It wasn't until after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean that, in response to an Italian initiative, (Europe) began thinking about setting policies for the registration of refugees, their distribution or their deportation.” ThinkingMayFactsPolicyEuropeTragedyResponseImmigrationSettingOptimisticSettingsAlternativesAgendasZeroItalianInitiativeRefugeeDistributionDeportationRegistration Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.” PeopleWantAbleShadowImmigrationReformImmigration Reform Author:Marco Rubio
“The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.” PeopleWellsChildrenWholeHomeReligiousIssuesEconomicSecurityMarriedTraditionSeekingImmigrationOur TimeBeing MarriedInevitabilityReligious TraditionsEconomic Security Author:Thomas Keating
“The pope once again ripped - I mean, really ripped - capitalism and Americans' immigration policy at the Mexican border, before he boarded the plane and returned to Italy.” MeanPolicyCapitalismImmigrationPlanesBordersPopeMexicanRippedImmigration PolicyMexican Border Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite a debate over the church's prohibition of the use of condoms to stop the spread of the AIDS virus. The pope also criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as 'not Christian' for his immigration stance, and broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions if they want to.” IfsWantSaidUseChristianSexChurchTrumpRepublicanVoteCatholicUnionsSpreadAidsDebateImmigrationBrokePresidentialCandidatesRegionsPopeJustifiedVirusesProhibitionStanceSuggestingPredecessorsCondomPresidential CandidateContraceptionLawmakers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar of Christ, the Catholic Church explaining how contraception could be justified. And then he rips into capitalism and the American immigration policies while at the Mexican border before getting on his plane to go back to Italy.” ChristChurchPolicyCapitalismCatholicImmigrationFlightPlanesBordersPopeJustifiedMexicanExplainingRipCatholic ChurchContraceptionImmigration PolicyVicarsMexican Border Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Is it logical to ask how far away are we from the pope explaining that abortion can be justified, "in certain circumstances, in certain regions," and if it might be related to the evils of American capitalism and our immigration policy?” IfsMightCertainEvilAsksPolicyCircumstancesCapitalismImmigrationRelatedAbortionRegionsLogicalFar AwayPopeJustifiedExplainingImmigration PolicyAmerican Capitalism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We obviously talk about immigration, but that's not the number one priority for - at least that I've seen with the Latino demographic. And we have not seen that as polling as the number one issue either.” NumbersIssuesPrioritiesImmigrationLatinoDemographicsPolling Author:Lucy Flores
“Ted Cruz said he wanted to find a compromise. Ted Cruz said he wanted to bring 11 million people out of the shadows. Ted Cruz said that he wanted immigration reform to pass. Here's the bottom line. I tried to solve a very difficult issue, and we tried to produce the best and most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Harry Reid at the time, and then send it over to the House and have them, conservatives, make it even better.” PeopleSaidWantedHouseDifficultLinesMillionsIssuesProduceShadowBillsBottomConservativeSolveImmigrationCompromiseReformControlledSenateBottom LineCruzImmigration Reform Author:Marco Rubio
“That's why I call Barack Obama a petulant child. He's doing it on guns. He did it on immigration. He's done it on "Obama care."” ChildrenDoneCareGunImmigrationBarackObama Care Author:Chris Christie
“We talked a lot about Donald's [Trump] record on immigration. There is irony that he has made the center of his entire campaign immigration, given that he faced a $1 million court judgment for being part of a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens, given that news broke that he is hiring foreign workers at his fancy hotel in Florida.” MadeGivenMillionsRecordsTrumpJudgmentNewsCourtWorkersCampaignsImmigrationAliensBrokeIronyFancyHotelIllegalConspiracyFloridaHiringIllegal Aliens Author:Ted Cruz
“The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the [Barack] Obama administration is just ignoring federal law. Forty percent of illegal immigration is not people who cross the borders illegally. It's people who come legally on a visa and never leave.” PeopleLawPercentCrossesCurrentsImmigrationAdministrationBarackBordersFortyIllegalExitEntryIllegal ImmigrationVisaBiometrics Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to do the same thing to Republican voters. He's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is going to stand up to illegal immigration, but he hires illegal immigrants, that he's fighting for American workers, but he's hiring foreign workers for his hotels, that he's going to bring back jobs from China and from Mexico, but, in fact, he's creating jobs in China and Mexico, because that's where all of his suits and ties that he sells are made.” PeopleWorldTryingMadeFactsJobsArtistGuyFightingClassTrumpRepublicanCreatingSellsWorkersUniversityChinaImmigrationSuitsTiesConvinceHotelImmigrantsIllegalVotersMexicoHiringIllegal ImmigrantsIllegal ImmigrationWorld ClassAmerican WorkersCreating JobsCon ArtistSuits And Ties Author:Marco Rubio
“If you want to really sort of quantify the dereliction of the Republican establishment, those two facts are the most important two facts. One, that they didn`t even understand the base of their own party, white working class voters who you know what, don`t care about tax cuts for the rich, really aren`t interested in the things that the elite part of their party want, including immigration reform. And number two, they spent eight months avoiding finding opposition research to use against the guy who was becoming the front-runner in their party that they don`t want.” IfsKnowsWantTwoImportantFactsUseCareGuyWhitePartyNumbersClassRichCuttingFrontsMonthsBecomingRepublicanTaxesFindingsResearchIncludingDon't CareEightImmigrationReformOppositionVotersEstablishmentElitesWorking ClassRunnersAvoidingTax CutsImmigration ReformWho You Know Author:Chris Hayes
“People are taking a closer look at Donald Trump. I think the best look they got was at the last debate. I think Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio prosecuted their case effectively. Donald doesn't have some great answers. When they talk, for instance, about immigration and releasing those tapes from The New York Times, we began talking about flexibility and immigration.” PeopleThinkingLooksLastsAnswersTalkingCasesNew YorkTrumpDebateImmigrationInstanceTapeFlexibilityNew York TimesCruzMarcos Author:Mitt Romney
“If I had to guess what the new Etch-A-Sketch picture is going to be like, it's going to be considerably less to the right. Romney has backed himself into a couple of corners that I don't think will serve him well in the general election, the main one being very harsh stands on immigration, which I think are not only short-sighted but to my mind immoral.” IfsThinkingMindWellsCoupleElectionCornersImmigrationHarshImmoralRomneyShort SightedGeneral ElectionsEtch A Sketch Author:Anna Quindlen
“The Republican candidates clashed on terrorism, immigration and foreign policy in their fifth debate.They all said President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton have not kept America safe.” SaidAmericaPresidentPolicyRepublicanSafeClintonTerrorismDebateImmigrationBarackCandidatesForeign PolicyFifthPresident Barack Obama Author:Renee Montagne
“Marco Rubio said he was personally open over a long period of time to offering a path to citizenship for immigrants here illegally. Rubio's work on a comprehensive immigration bill is one of his biggest vulnerabilities with Republican primary voters.” LongSaidPathPeriodsRepublicanBillsImmigrationPrimariesVulnerabilityImmigrantsVotersOfferingCitizenshipComprehensiveLong Periods Of TimeMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“I think the world is more perilous and America is basically undefended. For me the two touchstones after 9/11 for domestic security were our borders. Not for discriminatory reasons or to stop immigration, but simply to allow law enforcement to find out who is in our country without facing an undocumented pool of aliens that increases by the hour.” ThinkingWorldTwoCountryReasonAmericaLawHoursSecurityIncreaseImmigrationOur CountryAliensBordersPoolLaw EnforcementEnforcementTouchstones Author:Michael Scheuer
“I have a double policy, which would also solve immigration: I would stand at the border of New York City and I would say, "You can come here to live, but you can't come here to visit."” CitiesPolicyNew YorkSolveImmigrationBordersNew York City Author:Fran Lebowitz
“I actually think there are more Republicans than people realize who would be sympathetic to immigration reform in the rank and file. I think the lesson for Jeb Bush is politicians shouldn't write books with long lead times.” PeopleThinkingWritingLongBookWould BeRealizingPoliticianRepublicanLessonsImmigrationReformFilesSympatheticImmigration Reform Author:E. J. Dionne
“No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.” MayStillsMatterStatesFormNationsUnitedUnited StatesNo Matter WhatImmigrationFlattery Author:Clayton Cramer
“People are talking about immigration like it is a disease. In fact migrants pay more in than they get out.” PeopleFactsPayTalkingDiseaseImmigrationMigrants Author:Liz Kendall
“Stop illegal immigration. Stop these trade deals that are taking jobs from Americans. Build an economy that works for the people at the bottom, not just the ones at the top.” PeopleJobsDealsEconomyTradeBottomImmigrationIllegalIllegal Immigration Author:Mike Huckabee
“I do not want to leave in [U.S.] ... I cannot make that clear enough to immigration authorities who may be listening to this interview. I don't want to leave, so please don't make me.” WantMayEnoughClearListeningPleaseAuthorityImmigrationInterviews Author:John Oliver