Steve King Quotes

We want to do this methodically, smart, starting with border security then looking at immigration reform measures.

Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.

We all agree on the need to better secure the border and to punish employers who choose to hire illegal immigrants. We are a generous and welcoming people, here in the United States, but those who enter the country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law.

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.

I don't think you get that ask unless you first enforce the law, and demonstrate you secured the border. And still whatever this does to our hearts, and it tugs on mine, too, but the most important thing is to restore the respect for the rule of law.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America.

While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here.

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.

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

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Border security is a safety issue.

Part of our sovereignty as a nation is having an immigration law that we can enforce.

I'm not for amnesty. People must play by the rules. And border enforcement must come first.

We have a crisis with a need to secure the border.

We do need to strengthen our security at the border.

What we have to quit talking about is border wall. We need border security.

It is my great honor to represent the men and women of DHS who work every day to enforce our laws and secure our nation.

We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.

The U.S. government has a sacred, solemn, inviolable obligation to enforce the laws of the United States to stop illegal immigration and to secure and protect the borders.

We must secure our borders and restore the rule of law, and more than anyone running, Ted Cruz has fought to make this nation secure while protecting our constitutional rights.

I am pleased to be endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Like Sheriff Joe, I believe that illegal immigration is a major problem that undermines the rule of law.

The men and women at our borders, given adequate resources, are doing an excellent job of keeping us safe.