Ross Perot Quotes

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Open borders would be clear access to this country without going through a legal immigration process, and that's exactly what Mrs. Clinton is wanting us to do.

Mr. Trump wants citizens of other nations to know that there is a legal process that needs to be followed, and that that process is only way to come to America.

I support immigration, provided the people come through legally, and that is based upon merit.

Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America legally.

I think people have good ideas on this. Clearly, we need to secure the border. Coming here legally needs to be a lot easier than coming here illegally.

No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal that why go through the legal process if you can accomplish the same thing through the illegal process? And No. 2, it demoralizes the people enforcing the law. So I am not and I will never support - never have and never will support - any effort to grant blanket legalization amnesty to folks who have entered or stayed in this country illegally.

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

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.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here.

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 absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security.

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

Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

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

I support legal immigration.

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.

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