Rachel Campos-Duffy Quotes

Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

As a nation that values immigration, and depends on immigration, we should have immigration laws that work and make us proud. Yet today we do not. Instead, we see many employers turning to the illegal labor market. We see millions of hard-working men and women condemned to fear and insecurity in a massive, undocumented economy.

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

Whether we buy into the rhetoric or not, one thing has been made clear: Illegal immigration is a problem reaching a breaking point, and something must be done.

The story of undocumented immigrants in this country is not just about undocumented immigrants. It's about the country as a whole, and it's about us being able to tell the truth about where we are with this issue because we haven't been telling the truth about where we are with this issue.

Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.

The fact of the matter is, this country is not going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. What are we supposed to do with them? What are we supposed to do with these kids?

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.

There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.

What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair.

After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has been fooled once by this amnesty argument, let us not be fooled again.

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.

Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.

The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.

Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country. But let's not fall into the trap set by the Tea Party and others who would tell you that every single undocumented individual is a drug smuggler, a terrorist, or a threat to the American way of life. That is simply not true.

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.