Sam Brownback Quotes

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

We cannot continue to allow immigrants to come here illegally. And in this age of terrorism, we must not let in refugees whose intentions cannot be determined.

We need to know who's in the United States. We need to know everyone who's in the United States that comes in here from a foreign country. And we have to separate the ones who are dangerous from the ones who aren't. To accomplish that, we need a fence. We need a technological fence. We need a border patrol.

We do not control our borders. We don’t know who is coming across and we don’t know what is coming across.

We have to get control of our borders.

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.

Everybody knows that from a national security standpoint we need to secure our southern border.

We do need to strengthen our security at the border.

The border is way more porous than it should be, and I think we'd be open to discussing anything that enhances border security.

If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.

Immigration security is national security.

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.

Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

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

Border security is a safety issue.

Resolutions of the State Council of Ohio, Junior Order of United American Mechanics urging passage of laws to prevent the landing on our shores of the vicious, lawless, pauperized, and anarchistic elements of foreign countries.

We cannot and will not surrender our border to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.

The people that work the border will tell you that physical barriers, backed up by men and women, is what we need to secure the southwest border.

Mexico secures their border. Why shouldn't we be able to secure ours?

Yes, there should be tough border security. Yes, there should be foolproof ID cards, with biometrics, for Social Security and employment purposes.

We ought to make sure that people coming here ought to be vetted and that we secure this federal border.

It is essential for our national security to know who resides within our borders.

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country.