Joseph P. Kennedy III Quotes

French citizenship should be either inherited or merited.

On immigration reform you don’t get a bill without a path to citizenship .

Immigrant rights are civil rights.

My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

If someone comes here illegally, we owe them absolutely nothing.

We might have some problems with some countries. Why should we not take into consideration the country of origin [in making immigration decisions]?

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

Immigration is important. We're a nation of immigrants.

I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is.

We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

Mexicans are quasi-legal.

I spend more time in New York than the Dominican. I play here, I live here, so why not become a citizen?

The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.

I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced.

As you watch 'Documented' on CNN, I ask you, my fellow Americans: What do you want to do with me? What do you want to do with us? How do you define American?

If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it's difficult to belong.

I am still an Indonesian citizen.

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

Citizenship obtained through naturalization is not a second-class citizenship.

We need employer sanctions to avoid illegal immigration so that legal immigration may dominate.

Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in, and leave Canada.