Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes

The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.

The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

The recent, single-year influx of unaccompanied minors from foreign countries into the United States is a direct result of President Obama's policies of encouraging amnesty and failing to enforce existing immigration laws.

You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future.

I think we need to go to a system... where we have tough enforcement. Where if you're here illegally, you're going to be deported.

'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?

A certain amount of people had been actually removed from this country who should not have been.

Let me clear, I do not support abolishing ICE.

President Trump is enforcing U.S. immigration law, and in doing so, protecting the well-being and in some cases the lives of U.S. citizens.

These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.

If we had an immigration policy, sanctuary cities would not be the symptom that manifests itself.

It's time we stop illegal immigration in Kansas.

Immigration customs enforcement is a role that makes sense. We have to have something that is doing that.

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.

I see people detained for simple INS violations.

In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens.

The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.