Ted Cruz Quotes

But the people of Arizona, the people of America, have been promised that our borders would be secured for years and years and years, with it not happening. And I don't believe the people of America, certainly not the people of Arizona, are ready to discuss anything other at this point in time other than securing our borders.

But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.

There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

My record of opposition to illegal immigration is unquestioned.

Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.

Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are going to produce more than they are going to consume, but the bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more of our tax resources than they generate.

Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration.

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

If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats.

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

We all learned in kindergarten that the beginning is a very good place to start. As we have this debate on illegal immigration and illegal entry into this country, let's begin at the very beginning by sealing the borders to this great Nation.

I'm sure the president doesn't enjoy being called deporter-in-chief.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

Resolutions of the State Council of Ohio, Junior Order of United American Mechanics urging passage of laws to prevent the landing on our shores of the vicious, lawless, pauperized, and anarchistic elements of foreign countries.

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

Immigration—legal and illegal—has shaped and will continue to shape California's destiny.

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

The day where America can be the welfare system for Mexico is gone.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

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

As long as there are jobs waiting in our country, there is no way we can stop illegal immigration at the borders.

The simple truth is that we’ve lost control of our own boarders.

The simple answer to the illegal alien problem is to secure our boarders and enforce the law.