Benjamin Harrison Quotes

The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can't leave it porous.

The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a servile class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.

Our naturalization and immigration laws should be further improved to the constant promotion of a safer, a better, and a higher citizenship. A grave peril to the Republic would be a citizenship too ignorant to understand or too vicious to appreciate the great value and beneficence of our institutions and laws, and against all who come here to make war upon them our gates must be promptly and tightly closed.

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

The world's moving; people move around the world. A lot of people coming to this country have terrific talent to bring to the country - not just in business and in the professions but in Parliament as well. And we need some failsafe system so that, right at the outset, they are aware that they have to drop any other citizenship.

I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.

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.

I work for one man. His name is Donald Trump. He has told me one thing: 'Secure the border.'

Our nation relies on immigrants.

We are a nation of immigrants - all of us.

I love the idea of the Great Wall of Trump.

I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom.

We are already overcrowded. There's no more room, and we must shut the borders.

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.

Nigel Farage has persuaded too many people that we have lost control of our borders.

When you come to America, you get to become an American, and Trump, who has grandparents who came to the U.S., should understand this as much as anybody.

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.

France can certainly accommodate foreign people on its soil long-term, those with foreign citizenship... as long as they respect French laws and French values, which is often a problem on the immigration issue. It's not really a problem with Israel on this topic.

We shouldn't bring in foreign workers to do jobs that belong to U.S. citizens.

I'm asking the Israelis to choose their nationality. It doesn't mean that if they don't choose French nationality, they have to leave.

In the U.S., those requesting a Green Card must take an oath that they will fulfill the rights and duties of citizenship.

Wake up, America. With a porous southern border, we have no idea who's in our country.

Humanity does not come with citizenship or a green card.

Why can't you ask people if they want more or fewer Germans or Belgians or Moroccans?