Sajid Javid Quotes

A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.

And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers.

The wise decision by President Obama to grant some undocumented immigrants the right to remain in the United States for two years without the threat of deportation is already benefitting the country.

As long as they are working, they should be legalized. I admire so much each and every migrant. They are the most loyal workers in the U.S. economy. They build the homes of those who are attacking them.

President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.

At the end of the day, it not only doesn't make logical sense to deny licenses to undocumented immigrants, it doesn't make financial sense.

I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

I've always supported the DREAM Act. I'm a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act.

There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

Immigrants are integral to the strength of our nation. They deserve comprehensive reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship and ensure that families aren't torn apart.

DACA, to me personally, and the DREAM Act are very personal and mean an awful lot.

The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens.

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

I do not support amnesty. I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

DACA is a lifeline for individuals who have grown up in the U.S. but who lack immigration papers.

Democrats in sanctuary states support amnesty for illegal aliens, just so long as those illegal aliens don't wind up in sanctuary states.

America is a nation of laws, and it is wrong for Congresswoman Markey to propose bending the rules for a group of people whose first act in this country was to break the law.

When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered without inspection.

We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.

There are 11 million people living in the shadows. I believe they deserve to come out of the shadows. The children who are brought here when they were children, they deserve that kind of consideration as well.

I was an illegal immigrant.

I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.

We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.

I have met with many of the great parents who lost their children to sanctuary cities and open borders. So many people, so many, many people. So sad.