“In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws.” StatesLawUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionBoundsAbsenceImmigrationLocalsLimitationEnforcementViolationSupremacyClausesImmigration Laws Author:Russell Pearce
“We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and dealing with strange customs make the first years of life in the new land painful... The economic system of the United States is a mighty engine of persuasion. It motivates people to do what otherwise they never would in return for fulfilling their dreams. In the process, people learn that there is no sharp line between physical well-being and the higher purposes of life. The comfort of owning a house is at once meeting the obligation to care for one” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsLooksStatesDreamCareAmericaPurposeHouseLanguageProcessLinesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicLandStrangeReturnHigherComfortMeetingsPainfulImmigrationObligationWell BeingCustomsPurpose Of LifeEnginesFulfillingPersuasionArrivalsEconomic SystemsYears Of LifeHigher PurposeNew Arrivals Author:John Lachs
“The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit to residence and citizenship. It asks the same question as the old culture war: 'Who are we?' But the earlier query was primarily about how we define ourselves morally. The new question is about how we define ourselves ethnically, racially and linguistically. It is, in truth, one of the oldest questions in our history, going back to our earliest immigration battles of the 1840s and 1850s.” WarStatesCultureAsksUnitedUnited StatesGroupsIdentityBattleAuthorityImmigrationCitizenshipTranscendentResidenceNational IdentityQueriesNew CulturesOld Culture Author:E. J. Dionne
“The United States needs serious change in its fiscal, entitlement, infrastructure, immigration, and education policies, among others. And yet a polarized and often paralyzed Washington has pushed dealing with these problems off into the future, which will only make them more difficult and expensive to solve.” NeedsStatesProblemDifficultUnitedUnited StatesPolicySeriousSolveImmigrationExpensiveInfrastructureEntitlementParalyzed Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced he is running for president. Ted Cruz was born in Canada, his father fled to the United States from Cuba, and yet Ted Cruz is against immigration. Isn't that odd?” StatesRunningFatherPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesImmigrationOddCanadaTexasSenatorsCubaCruz Author:David Letterman
“I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.” MayLittlesStatesIndividualUnitedWorryUnited StatesCitizensSeriesImmigrationCardsReformSenateProvisionComprehensivePathwaysImmigration Reform Author:Rand Paul
“The flow of people into the United States into slavery, it follows the other types of immigration into the United States, so people who are trying to build new lives, trying to build a better life.” PeopleTryingStatesUnitedUnited StatesTypeFlowSlaveryImmigrationNew LifeBetter Life Author:Kevin Bales
“This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States, and people feel like we're being taken advantage of.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsCountryStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTakenAdvantageImmigrationGenerousTaken Advantage Author:Marco Rubio
“I think the immigration system we have now is terrible for the United States of America. We have a legal immigration system that does not work. It does not reflect the economic needs of this country in the 21st century. It needs to be modernized.” ThinkingNeedsDoeCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEconomicCenturyTerribleImmigrationWorking ItUnited States Of America21st CenturyLegal Immigration Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm in love with this country called "America." I'm a huge fan of America. I'm one of those annoying fans - you know, the ones that read the cd notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all kinds of annoying questions about why you didn't live up to that. I'm that kind of fan. I've read the Declaration of Independence, and I've read the Constitution of the United States, and they are some liner notes, dude.” KnowsKindCountryStatesAmericaAsksUnitedUnited StatesFansHugeConstitutionIndependenceNotesImmigrationAll KindsAnnoyingDeclarationBathroomCdsDeclaration Of IndependenceConstitution Of The United States Author:Edward de Bono
“Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United States the home of the largest Jewish population in the world.” WorldMadeStatesHomeCommunityUnitedUnited StatesCenturyPopulationImmigrationDestroyedGenocideHolocaust20th CenturyMigrationJewish Community Author:Jon Porter