Michael McCaul Quotes

We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.

I think that [John Kelly] will bring law and order. And what I'm hoping for with this is that the restoration of the rule of law, especially with regard to immigration, that is the main principle that needs to be driven by the secretary of homeland security.

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

Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

Immigration security is national security.

One way to bring down crime in the state of California and every state in the union is to have an enforceable border. That means let's build that border fence. When people want to come into this country, let's ask them to knock on the front door.

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.

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.

Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them.

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

Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.

Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior.

We also need to strengthen the security of our borders and ports and strictly control immigration.

Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s, more are still needed.

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

I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the border, and one of the things we must do, is put in place good guest-worker programs that employers can actually use.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

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

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

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

Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.

You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of the border. This idea that we can't pass an immigration law until we hit some imaginary security target is just a way to derail reform.