Rand Paul Quotes

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.

We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country.

I think what we need to do is to have an immigration system where legal immigration is easier.

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

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

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security.

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.

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.

You can’t fix legal immigration until you fix illegal immigration.

We need legal immigration as an alternative to illegal immigration and a way of getting the millions of unauthorized immigrants already here to get legal and get in compliance with our laws.

Open borders would be clear access to this country without going through a legal immigration process, and that's exactly what Mrs. Clinton is wanting us to do.

If we build the legal immigration system better, then they come here, and we'll have a whole lot less illegal immigration.

Ending illegal immigration only strengthens legal immigration.

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

There is no quick fix for illegal immigration. But only when we achieve better control of our borders and better respect for our immigration laws can we give meaning to the discussion we need to have over reforming the numbers, categories, and procedures for legal immigration into the United States.

Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.

I support legal immigration.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

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

We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.

It's much too easy to come here illegally and very, very difficult to become an immigrant through lawful process. I think we need to reverse those.

On immigration, Trump needs an articulate policy that aims to secure the border and keep out illegals while letting in skilled legal workers.

You won't hear the leadership in the Republican Party admit it, but there are many in the House and Senate who know that illegal immigration has to be stopped and legal immigration has to be reduced. We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer.