Charles E. Schumer Quotes

Ending illegal immigration only strengthens legal immigration.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

We for sure need to secure the border. I think we need to enforce the legal system. I'm not for amnesty, I'm not an advocate of the plans that have been pushed here in Washington... we need to find a way for people to have a legitimate legal immigration system in this country, and that doesn't mean amnesty.

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

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

While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here.

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

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

You can’t fix legal immigration until you fix illegal immigration.

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.

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.

We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.

On immigration, Trump needs an articulate policy that aims to secure the border and keep out illegals while letting in skilled legal workers.

We have to have legal immigration, which has to be something that benefits our country.

Illegal aliens have broken our laws, and they shouldn't be rewarded with amnesty and immediate legalization.

What we do know, despite the lack of media curiosity, is that Hillary Clinton promises a radical amnesty combined with a radical reduction in immigration enforcement.

There is no immigration policy in the US that is permitting what's happening. What's happening here is happening outside the law, that our leaders do not wish to enforce or acknowledge. And the same thing happened in the UK.

As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. At the same time, I believe our system of legal immigration needs to be re-examined. As part of this re-examination, I support a modest, temporary reduction in the annual rate of legal immigration.

I think we need a real plan, which is why I have offered a much more specific approach to securing the border, fixing the legal immigration system and addressing illegal immigration.

We went 60 years or more with no immigration, folks. It can be done. The only reason that it started up again, Ted Kennedy started bellyaching about it in the mid-sixties, and then that led to Simpson-Mazzoli 20 years later, 1986, amnesty for about 3.9 million, and we were told that would be it, never again, and of course now we're where we are.

I think [Donald Trump] will do something on immigration.

...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty.

We know that a ready amnesty tends to be an invitation to more illegal entries.

Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be given amnesty or an easier path to citizenship over those already in line.