Jan C. Ting Quotes
Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against the benefits of a better life.
Ting, Jan C. "Testimony on Comprehensive Immigration Reform." United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 13 Feb. 2013.
The quote is often misreported as “I am, you know, adamantly against illegal illegal immigration."
This view is particularly ironic in that Italian immigrants to the U. S. have historically been unfairly associated with organized crime in Italy and America.
The illegal alien problem had vexed Republican and Democratic Administrations for over 50 years and is one of the most complicated of all the problems facing the nation. She offered the voters a simple solution.
Jan Ching-an Ting is a Professor of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Delaware in the 2006 U.S. Senate election, but two years later Ting left the Republican Party in a dispute over his endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.