Claire Fox Quotes

If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

I'm not anti-immigration.

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

People don't appreciate the extent to which we've set in motion a substantial and long-overdue change to U.S. immigration policy, simply by directing the DHS to use existing laws and authorities.

There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community.

I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.

I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants admitted each year.

People are frustrated. This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States, and people feel like we're being taken advantage of. We feel like despite our generosity, we're being taken advantage of.

Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.

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.

We could have free immigration if we did not have a welfare state. In principle I would like to see free immigration.

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.

It is important that we enact immigration reform.

My message on immigration is that the people who want to come to this country, by and large, even those who have done it illegally, are coming for the right reasons, not to take advantage of our welfare system.

The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors.

UKIP believe that immigration can be an extremely positive thing. But it has to be controlled.

We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels.

Immigration policy is a complicated issue. Or perhaps one should say immigration policies are complicated, since we have many different immigration laws and practices which interact in complex ways.

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country.

We believe in immigration, but we don't believe in mass immigration.

Surely everyone can agree that immigration should be controlled.