Jack Kingston Quotes

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

I see people detained for simple INS violations.

Our current immigration laws are in a word --- unjust!

The illegal immigrants may have broken the law, but we have been complicit.

Punishing individual immigrants who are deeply embedded in American communities is not the mandate Trump was given when he was elected.

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

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

I hope that President-elect Trump will drop his unrealistic campaign pledge to deport millions of immigrants who've made their lives in this country and contribute to our country.

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.

The U.S. government has rarely, if ever, used the criminal history of a certain immigrant population in determining if the whole community should be allowed to remain in the country under a humanitarian program, like TPS.

It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals.

It is not 'dehumanizing' to call someone an illegal immigrant if he/she resides in the host country illegally.

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

Obama's Justice Department has also targeted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe bills himself as America's Toughest Sheriff for good reason. Maricopa County is responsible for one out of every four deportations in the country.

Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter.

I disagree with the concept that somehow or another we're going to pack up 10, to 12, to 15 million people and ship them back to the country of origin. That's not going to happen.

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.

You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future.

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

The most powerful nation on earth should be able to pass a fair, effective immigration law that combines compassion with responsibility and does not injure hard working Americans who are taxed up to here.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

One way to sensitize Washington to the illegal alien problem is to make them pay for it.

Deportation is [not] a punishment; it is simply a refusal by the government to harbor persons whom it does not want.