Ronald Reagan Quotes

We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

Immigration policy is a complicated issue. Or perhaps one should say immigration policies are complicated, since we have many different immigration laws and practices which interact in complex ways.

We have never had the will to enforce the immigration laws. What you see is what you'll continue to get.

Immigration has always been a concept that inflames passions.

The closed-door policy [to immigration] is one of the root causes of our wars.

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

We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

Aliens with legitimate claims to asylum can still receive it - they simply have to go to one of our ports of entry. Thanks to this decisive order from President Trump, we are continuing to provide a path to protection for those who truly need it, while stopping our generosity from being abused.

Our immigration law sucks, and we need to redo the whole thing, comprehensive immigration reform. And what that's gonna be is anybody who wants to come and vote Democrat, we're gonna send 'em a limousine and bring 'em in.

Well, there are many things, whenever you look back, that you would've done differently. We're all human. We do our best at the time. I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country. We came close, but we couldn't.

I'm not anti-immigration.

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Regarding the visa-free regime, it has undoubtedly become a problem for the European Union, above all in terms of its capacity to reach agreements.

Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior.

No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country. At the same time, that does not mean we just flat out open our borders. We can't do that.

We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government.

We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

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

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

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.

If you can’t control your borders, you can’t control immigration. And if we can’t control immigration, there is no way re can reform immigration.