Henry Bonilla Quotes

Immigration reform is something that the Democrats have promised and the Republicans need.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.

When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

If you can’t control your borders, you can’t control immigration. And if we can’t control immigration, there is no way re can reform immigration.

Neither party wants to do anything about the immigration problem. The Republicans want the cheap labor. The Democrats want the votes.

As long as there are jobs waiting in our country, there is no way we can stop illegal immigration at the borders.

When I first arrived in the U.S. House of Representatives, I naively believed that it was primarily the Democrats who were committed to open borders. But I quickly learned the entire Republican establishment also supported a policy of immigration non-enforcement.

The U.S. government has a sacred, solemn, inviolable obligation to enforce the laws of the United States to stop illegal immigration and to secure and protect the borders.

Border security is a comprehensive issue and doesn't boil down to a 'wall' or even barriers. Trump knows and recognizes this, which is why he repeatedly talks about all of the aspects and challenges federal immigration officers face.

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

In terms of immigration, we're seeing a lot of Democrats and Republicans use the really elastic term, 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform,' and they don't totally understand what that means. For us in El Paso, it's part of a larger discussion about the nature of the border.

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.

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.

Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

Every town has become a border town and every State has become a border State.

We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.

Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.