Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quotes

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that's my position. I've been pushing that one since before it was popular.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

It is important that we enact immigration reform.

I was a co-sponsor of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

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

It's much too easy to come here illegally and very, very difficult to become an immigrant through lawful process. I think we need to reverse those.

I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

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.

Next, we will create a modern immigration law.

So we still need a permanent fix. The president would sign the Dream Act tomorrow, the next day, the day after that. That's ultimately the only way to fix this, is for congressional action.

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

I think there's an ability to make an immigration system that works.

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.

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.

I still passionately support comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship.

It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.

We need to be talking about things like the DREAM Act. We need to also be talking about e-verify. We also need to be talking about border security.

We are not going to round up and deport 12 million people, but we're not going to hand out citizenship cards, either. There will be a process. We will see what the American people are willing to support. But it will not be unconstitutional executive orders like the ones Barack Obama has forced on us.

We can pass practical, comprehensive immigration reform.

It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done.

Once you secure that border, then we can start doing an analysis of what we are going to do with all of the folks that got here illegally.