Donald Trump Quotes

The first time I applied for a U.S. visa, I was rejected. I continued to apply again and again over the course of two years and finally received my visa on the ninth try.

There will never be a bill without a pathway to citizenship signed by the president...And in turn there will never be a pathway to citizenship without a new immigration system replacing the current one.

Every time anybody in Washington talks about legal status, amnesty, anything of that nature, it becomes a magnet that lures people in quickly into the United States.

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.

Immigration policy should be based on what is good for America, not what is good for Mexico. Immigration to America should not be the safety valve for Mexico.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

We need employer sanctions to avoid illegal immigration so that legal immigration may dominate.

The illegal immigrants may have broken the law, but we have been complicit.

On immigration reform you don’t get a bill without a path to citizenship .

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

Part of our sovereignty as a nation is having an immigration law that we can enforce.

The current system for admission of refugees with family ties in the U.S. is fraught with inconsistencies and discriminatory practices.

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.

In my view, our immigration policy means that we have some people who can come into this country - who we might want to say no to - and others, who we might want to attract, who can't currently come in.

The diversity lottery program is a proven method of offering a path to legal permanent status for residents of African nations and other underrepresented regions seeking a better life here in the United States.

Aliens with legitimate claims to asylum can still receive it - they simply have to go to one of our ports of entry. Thanks to this decisive order from President Trump, we are continuing to provide a path to protection for those who truly need it, while stopping our generosity from being abused.

The immigration process is so unbelievably complicated and expensive and endless!

I was just wondering if I'd ever get a visa to go to the U.S. Probably not.

America's strength in the past has been our ability to bring family members to join other family members in the United States and to look at skills but not have it be the only determination of how you get here.

In future, migrants desiring to enter our State will need to be registered and their personal details and identification proof will have to be submitted to the police station.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.

I want to enable the Windrush generation to acquire the status that they deserve - British citizenship - quickly, at no cost, and with proactive assistance through the process.

We want people to come into our country, but they have to come into our country legally and properly vetted and in a manner that serves the national interest! We've been living under outdated immigration rules from decades ago.

America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the red tape?