Jacob Hornberger Quotes

I think when you think about immigration, what we need to do is realize that that human capital, if put in a place to succeed, will literally sacrifice everything.

Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children.

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.

Immigration—legal and illegal—has shaped and will continue to shape California's destiny.

The day where America can be the welfare system for Mexico is gone.

Denmark must not be the social security office for the rest of the world.

The U. S.'s moral responsibility to accept immigrants is not unlimited.

As long as there are jobs waiting in our country, there is no way we can stop illegal immigration at the borders.

We do not control our borders. We don’t know who is coming across and we don’t know what is coming across.

My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.

We have a very positive ‘immigration problem’ in this country, in that the Latino community coming in, both legally and illegally, generally possesses a value system that is compatible with America’s value system.

America is the only First World country in the world sharing a long, undefended border with a Third World country, making the crossing both easy and appealing to Mexicans.

What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us.

Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.

Our borders are being overrun.

I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico.

I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.

I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is.

Immigration is the ultimate entrepreneurship.

I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.

Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect and admire immigrants and their undeniable contributions to America, as we all should.