Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

They’re invading.

Certainly in a world where terrorism is a daily reality in the news, it's easy for people to be afraid. But the fact is that we laid out very clearly - and Canadians get - that it's actually not a choice between either immigration or security: that of course they go together.

We have to get away from thinking that everyone coming to the United States is a threat.

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.

One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.

Those who do not want to participate in the spirit of America should not settle in America.

Assimilation is what has made America great.

No fence has ever been able to stop history, much less a border fence…. A 10 foot fence only takes an 11 foot ladder to scale it.

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

Immigration has always been a concept that inflames passions.

Immigration reform is something that the Democrats have promised and the Republicans need.

Refugees are not terrorists. They are the victims of terrorists .... In my experience people with terrorist intent do not choose the reugee route to enter a country. There is too much scruiteny and takes too long. They use ofher ways.

I love the idea of the Great Wall of Trump.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

Let's vote to fund the wall.

Nigel Farage has persuaded too many people that we have lost control of our borders.

We must give Trump credit for asking many politically incorrect questions and challenging mainstream Republican dogma on immigration.

Donald Trump is trying to build a wall. I'm trying to burn walls down and build more bridges.

What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy.

With all due respect to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, neither of them understand Texas, nor do they understand the U.S.-Mexico border.

Soros wants to fill Italy and Europe with migrants.

My grandmother was not a U.S. citizen. Growing up along the border, you see the real human side of immigration - not the picture often drawn by politicians far removed from the border.