Ed Davey Quotes

European immigrants [to Great Britain] have even been a boon to public finances because they pay more in taxes than they consume in government services.

I think there's a big misunderstanding on the value of migrants.

Americans are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal immigrants entering this country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by our citizens or legal immigrants, and the public services they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal aliens who try to take American jobs, and by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.

Immigration isn't always good for the economy or jobs.

Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

I don't think it's good for economy to have a broken immigration system.

Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase.

The factual reality is that the vast majority of immigrants - legal and illegal - contribute more to this country than they take out in social services.

Letting guest workers in America doesn’t create an underclass. It moves an underclass and makes the underclass better off.

Immigration makes losers and winners.

United States immigration reform would be a fair recognition of those [Mexicans] who live in the United States and are part of the dynamic U. S. economy.

Our nation relies on immigrants.

We want to have a system where people can come here and work - go back and forth if they want to... so that we have an open door to the people who want to come and contribute to our country, who want to come and make a difference in their families' lives and our economy.

Immigration is important. We're a nation of immigrants.

The issue of migration has played a key role in all of our member states, wherever we are. Only we, as a European Union, can convince our citizens that we do have an answer to this - not deny migration, not pretend you can solve it by building fences and walls, not pretending we can solve it by letting everybody in.

I plan on becoming an American citizen and bringing over my family.

I think Britain's economy has done extremely well from having the influx of talented people from around the world and from having an influx of people from the rest of the European Union. It's both evidence of how strong the British economy was - that's what drew people in - but it's also part of what's making the British economy work.

The failure to manage economic migration properly has put further pressure on transport and housing.

If it is orderly and lawful, immigration is good for our economy.

Immigration was probably the driving thing behind Brexit.

My family immigrated to the States in 1981, when I was 14.

My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation.

The hard-working Mexican tries to get up here looking for opportunities because America's one of the greatest countries in the world.

If people have the choice of where they settle in Europe, then we cannot be surprised that they choose to come over here in search of a better life.

Brexit is a major concern for us, and it should be a major concern for all of us who live in the U.K. and operate out of the U.K.