Joe Eszterhas Quotes

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

Denaturalization consequences may be more grave than consequences that flow from conviction of crime [in the U. S.].

Deportation is [not] a punishment; it is simply a refusal by the government to harbor persons whom it does not want.

I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day.

I started coming to L.A. as often as I could, for three months on and three months off, because immigration kicks you out after 90 days.

You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.

I see people detained for simple INS violations.

The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.

Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

There is no such thing as free immigration. Every self-governing nation is going to determine what sort of people it will admit through its boundaries.

We need employer sanctions to avoid illegal immigration so that legal immigration may dominate.

Let's not confuse the words immigrant and alien.

“Illegal” should describe only an action, not a person.

We all agree on the need to better secure the border and to punish employers who choose to hire illegal immigrants. We are a generous and welcoming people, here in the United States, but those who enter the country illegally, and those who employ them, disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law.

The Dream Act will be a nightmare for the American people. No doubt, we need immigration reform, but the Dream Act is written far too broadly, and it will only encourage more illegal immigration, promote chain migration, and will be a magnet for fraud.

The federal government is responsible for addressing how to address the status of the estimated 9 to 15 million people who are in the country illegally, but local and state law enforcement can be helpful partners in that regard.

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

'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?

The decision on whether to ban anyone from the U.K. is made by the home secretary on the basis of the evidence at the time.

In my own personal experience, I've had different family members who have been held in immigration detention because they've had some sort of challenge financially, and they were making difficult decisions, and that led to their immigration detention and, eventually, deportation.

When you're the child of undocumented immigrants, you learn to keep your mouth shut.

I went through depression, which is something that we don't often talk about when we look at undocumented communities and deported families.

These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.

Illegal migrants, who have entered our country crossing the border, have to go back. But citizens of our nation living in Assam need not worry.