Chuck Fleischmann Quotes

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

The left has become increasingly dogmatic on immigration. Any position short of supporting open borders is described as racist. That's nonsensical.

Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.

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.

In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

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

I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position.

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

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.

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

It would be unwise for the modern Republican Party to come across as hostile to immigration. That has been the losing position in American history for 200 years.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.

We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.

Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.

Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.

Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are easy to seal, and controlling entry is hardly totalitarian.

House Republicans want to pass a strong border security, illegal immigration bill. We want a bill. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.

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.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

If you can’t control your borders, you can’t control immigration. And if we can’t control immigration, there is no way re can reform immigration.

Neither party wants to do anything about the immigration problem. The Republicans want the cheap labor. The Democrats want the votes.