John Fleming Quotes

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

I will never support amnesty legislation because it will not work.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

I disagree with the concept that somehow or another we're going to pack up 10, to 12, to 15 million people and ship them back to the country of origin. That's not going to happen.

A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for open borders. A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for amnesty.

After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has been fooled once by this amnesty argument, let us not be fooled again.

The key here is to be fair to the 11 million [illegal immigrants], starting with the [2 million younger illegals] ‘Dreamers'....I’ve stopped letting 30 percent of the people who are mad about immigration determine how I behave. To those who feel like you should deport [younger illegals], boy, I couldn’t disagree with you more…. To the people who object to this, I don’t want you to vote for me because I cannot serve you well.

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

Arizona has become a national leader in the restoration of the Rule of Law, with over 100,000 illegal aliens having left the state since 2007.

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

The fact of the matter is, this country is not going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. What are we supposed to do with them? What are we supposed to do with these kids?

The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair.

Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration.

I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chuck Schumer's gang of eight amnesty legislation in the Senate.

And the bottom line is, is that they are illegal aliens entering our country. And we simply cannot sustain that kind of activity. Bottom line is it's a backdoor to amnesty and I don't believe the American people support that.

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

If you want a president to stop amnesty, to secure the borders and keep us safe, then support a candidate who has led the fight to stop amnesty to secure the borders and to keep us safe.

Well, I'm not saying that we're solving every problem or arresting every person that ought to be arrested and deported, but we're doing a better job than has been done in the past.

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

One way to sensitize Washington to the illegal alien problem is to make them pay for it.

The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.