John J. McLaughlin Quotes

Enough of Sicily being the refugee camp of Europe. I will not stand by and do nothing while there are landings after landings of migrants.

Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe do not go through anything like the rigorous process experienced by those who are coming to the States, and the volume of Syrians fleeing to Europe is orders of magnitude larger than it is to the United States.

Germany has got to deal with its global responsibilities in a mature way. There has been insufficient thought to immigration law, and we need to differentiate between different kinds of migrants. There are valid refugees whose lives are at risk at home.

Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name.

In 1939 I hadn't even realized that this was an immigration problem.

Following the war in Europe a large increase of European immigration to the United States is to be expected, of which the largest part is and always has been made up of men skilled in farming.

I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.'

The problem we are dealing with at the border is not a Democratic problem. It is not a Republican problem. It is an American problem.

Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth.

The Netherlands is not an immigration country. The annual stream of tens of thousands of newcomers, who largely end up as illegal aliens, must stop.

I am against the policy which would promote the entry of immigrants into Europe, which cannot accept them.

I believe that if we don't offer legal ways of emigrating to Europe and immigrating within Europe, we will be lost. If those who come - who are, generally speaking, the poor and needy - are no longer able to enter the house of Europe through the front door, they'll keep making their way in through the back windows.

It's great that Trump has engendered a heated debate over illegal immigration and our open borders.

Behind mass immigration, there is terrorism.

Communities are suffering, children are suffering, and our immigration policy appears in disarray.

The influx of migrants must be stopped.

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

I got to tell you, when I wrote 'Adios America,' I thought there was a 10 percent chance of saving the country.

In 2015, the majority of refugees and migrants reached the European Union through Greece. Greek authorities were overwhelmed by the sheer number of people arriving at their shores. But they did not stay there. They were waved through to Central Europe at an increasing pace.

In 2019 folks were coming across the border and were sitting down, they were sitting down waiting for Border Patrol to come up because they knew they would be released within a matter of hours if not days into the interior of the U.S. and that was the goal.

Thousands of children entering the country illegally have become the face of the immigration crisis in the U.S.

European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand will empower leaders to transport more than a million people back across the Aegean and the Bosphorus to Mosul and Aleppo, or across the Mediterranean to Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan.

If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and future of the Mexican people in the U.S., Mexico will talk to the devil.

We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.