“We can't wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now, this is where I differ with everybody on the Republican side. Make no mistake, today, not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for second-class status.” TodayWaitingSidesMistakeClassPathRepublicanEqualCodeCandidatesConsistentlyCitizenshipClass Status Author:Hillary Clinton
“Jeb Bush is getting his presidential campaign in gear. Last week he said he supports a path to citizenship for immigrants. He said, 'I believe in an America where hard work and dedication can lead to any job that your brother and dad once had.'” BelieveSaidHardJobsLastsAmericaI BelieveSupportPathWeekBrotherHard WorkDadI Believe InCampaignsPresidentialImmigrantsDedicationCitizenshipGearsYour BrotherPresidential CampaignHard Work And Dedication Author:Conan O'Brien
“A path to citizenship for those who are here illegally in my view is unfair to those waiting sometimes a decades in line to come here.” SometimesWaitingLinesViewsPathDecadesUnfairCitizenship Author:Ted Cruz
“Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.” DreamRememberHousePathDemocraticDreamerSenateCitizenshipDeportationRoadblockDream Act Author:Christine Pelosi
“It's a tough path to citizenship. You've got to pay back taxes. You've got to learn English. You've got to have a clear record. You've got to get to the back of the line behind other people who have come here legally or even waiting legally.” PeopleWaitingLinesPayBehindsPathClearRecordsTaxesToughCitizenship Author:John McCain
“Part of comprehensive immigration reform is not just the path to citizenship for undocumented workers, but also the ability for families to be together.” TogetherAbilityPathWorkersImmigrationReformCitizenshipComprehensiveImmigration ReformUndocumented Workers Author:Pramila Jayapal
“A massive new guest worker program hurts American workers. ... If a guest worker program were to provide a path to citizenship, we would be rewarding lawbreakers with the greatest honor our country can bestow - citizenship.” IfsCountryWould BeHurtPathHonorProgramWorkersOur CountryMassiveGuestsCitizenshipAmerican Workers Author:Lamar S. Smith
“Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of good character with a real path towards citizenship.” PeopleNeedsRealCharacterPathBrokenImmigrationReformFixedCitizenshipGood CharacterHardworkingGood Citizenship Author:Joe Baca
“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
“Over a period of time, they [undocumented workers] can have a legalized status that allows them to live a life of dignity but not necessarily a path to citizenship, so as to not create incentives for future people that aspire to come to our country to do so illegally when they could come legally.” PeopleCountryPathPeriodsDignityWorkersOur CountryAspireCitizenshipIncentivesUndocumented Workers Author:Jeb Bush
“We will have a mechanism for dealing with people in this country that - you heard the word humanely again. It is going to be fair. It is going to be tough. But there will be no path to legalization, no path to citizenship unless people leave the country.” PeopleCountryPathHeardToughFairsMechanismCitizenshipDealing With People Author:Mike Pence
“No path to citizenship. People that want to gain legal status, you heard Donald Trump say again and again, will have to leave the country.” PeopleWantCountryPathHeardTrumpGainsAgain And AgainCitizenship Author:Mike Pence
“We call for a welcoming path to citizenship, an end to police violence, and a transformed foreign policy based on international law and human rights - not based on these policies of regime change and economic and military domination.” HumansEndsLawPathRightsViolenceEconomicMilitaryPolicyPoliceInternationalHuman RightsWelcomeRegimesTransformedForeign PolicyCitizenshipDominationInternational LawRegime ChangePolice Violence Author:Jill Stein
“I will fight every single day to pass comprehensive immigration-reform legislation with a path to citizenship.” FightingPathImmigrationReformLegislationCitizenshipComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Hillary Clinton
“The law exists for lots of reasons. In the case of migration, the law exists to maintain the integrity of America. We allow immigrants here, happily so. We don't deny legal immigrants a path to citizenship in this country. But beyond that, since we can't take in everybody, since everybody can't come here, it's physically not possible - well, it is. You know you could put the population of the world inside the state of Texas in 1,500-square-feet homes. I mean, you wouldn't want to, but you could do it.” KnowsWorldWantWellsMeanCountryStatesReasonHomeAmericaLawCasesPathFeetIntegrityPopulationDenyImmigrantsTexasSquaresCitizenshipMigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration.” LittlesDifferentViewsSecretSupportPathFieldsTrumpRepublicanToughImmigrationDirtyCitizenship Author:Eleanor Clift
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton