Ayesha Curry Quotes

My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation.

I think any immigrant who comes to this country also knows somebody who is undocumented.

Republicans say they want citizenship to truly mean something. Let's be equal-opportunity about it and test everyone, including those very Republicans and others whose forbears came here generations ago.

Immigrants are integral to the strength of our nation. They deserve comprehensive reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship and ensure that families aren't torn apart.

We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families.

If you want to be part of the American country, then do it legally.

I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.

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

We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line.

After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person.

It would be a travesty, in my opinion, to treat those who violated our laws to get here much better than those who have patiently waited their turn to come to the United States the right way.

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship.

As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.

The current diversity visa program does a disservice to our immigration policy and to those immigrants who have moved through the more traditional process that allows them to lawfully reside in this country.

Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.

There should be a pathway to citizenship - not a special pathway and not no pathway.

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

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.

As a nation that values immigration, and depends on immigration, we should have immigration laws that work and make us proud. Yet today we do not. Instead, we see many employers turning to the illegal labor market. We see millions of hard-working men and women condemned to fear and insecurity in a massive, undocumented economy.

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

United States immigration reform would be a fair recognition of those [Mexicans] who live in the United States and are part of the dynamic U. S. economy.

Our nation relies on immigrants.

I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day.

The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens.