Rand Paul Quotes

Border security and homeland security are one and the same.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.

Homeland security is a joke if we don’t have border security.

You can’t have open borders and win the war against terrorism at the same time.

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.

Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation.

As far as a wall is concerned, the experts actually say that in some places a wall is necessary, in other places a double wall is necessary, and in other places that a wall wouldn't help. So I'm for whatever it takes to secure our border with Mexico. We've got to do it. I'm for then enforcing our laws.

Our goal should be to protect our borders and our national security, while instituting humane policies that reflect our values as a nation of immigrants.

I'm for whatever it takes to secure our border with Mexico.

While leaving our own border wide open. Anybody can come in. But don't worry, we're getting a wall.We're getting bad people out of this country.

National security begins with border security. Foreign terrorists will not be able to strike America if they cannot get into our country.

Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders, but we must do so in a way that makes us safer and upholds all that is decent and exceptional about our nation.

I support security at the borders. I think security is enormously important in the post-September 11th period. I think we have to know who's coming into this country. We have to be able to identify them; we have to be able to figure out who they are.

We've undertaken the most substantial border security measures in a generation to keep our nation and our tax dollars safe and are now in the process of beginning to build a promised wall on the southern border.

We have national security concerns. There are lots of concerns which must be addressed by actually securing our border. And so, a physical security barrier on the border is something we've all - I voted for it, like I said, in 2006 or 2007.

The secretary of Homeland Security working with myself and my staff will begin immediate construction of a border wall.

Let me state this as clearly as I can: We are going to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country. We will not be deterred from this course, and in a matter of days, we will be taking brand new action to protect out people and keep America safe. You will see the action.

Hillary Clinton will be very weak on the border. She wants people just to flow in terms of illegal immigration. People are going to flow into the country. And it's going to be a disaster.

Sovereign countries have the right, and I would argue the responsibility of securing their borders and controlling who comes and goes in their country. All sovereign countries have that right. We have not exercised that right.

It's not possible in a free country to completely control the border without us losing our freedoms and liberties.

Immigration security is national security.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

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

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.