Jared Polis Quotes

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.

I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.

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

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.

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

I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced.

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.

Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.

Border security is a safety issue.

Homeland security is a joke if we don’t have border security.

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

We do need to strengthen our security at the border.

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

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national 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 are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.

Immigration security is national security.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.

Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country?

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens.

Americans are rightly concerned about the security and the integrity of the nation's borders because the system is broken. Some are concerned about the possibility of terrorists crossing our borders and coming into our cities.

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.