Rachel Campos-Duffy Quotes

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.

I think it's a big mistake for our party to write off Latino Americans. They're an important part of our country.

Immigration is the issue that tells us who is with us and who is against us; there's no question about it. And it's very simple to understand why - half of all Latinos over 18 years of age were born outside the United States. It really makes no sense to attack them and criticize them if you want their vote.

We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

I want to have a good vote in the Senate so we send the message that the Republicans and the Democrats are together in favor of immigration reform.

I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

With the issue of immigration, it's very difficult because, although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England, the more the British identity disappears.

I've always believed that immigration reform is important, but it won't decide the White House in 2016. The most important issue for Hispanics - just like with all Americans - is the economy. If Republicans can do a better job of articulating positive, conservative policies to grow our economy, we will do better with Hispanics.

I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

Most analysts would agree that if all the undocumented immigrants in California were deported in one day, our state would experience a severe economic downturn. This does not even consider the many cultural and spiritual gifts these immigrants bring to our state and nation.

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.

If there's amnesty leading to citizenship, I'm going to vote against it again.

The Latino vote has to be earned just like any other.

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.

Immigration risks infiltration by influences subversive of the American way of life.

[Referring to immigrants:] They're all over the place, and they don't speak English. Do we want more of this?

I'm the kind of person that believes there's a part of your voting that has to be purely on principle, and there's a part that has to be on strategy.

I'm not saying that I'm on some crusade to change people's minds. I'm just doing what I do. I'm a comedian, I'm trying to be funny... I think when they see a comedy show with an Iranian and an Egyptian and two Palestinians, I think they go, 'Oh wow, these guys are just like us.'

Mass immigration changes countries beyond recognition. Ordinary people are well aware of that.