Scott DesJarlais Quotes

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens. These are people - I'm for immigration - legal immigration. I've been an immigration attorney. But people who have come to our country and violated laws, we should not be providing full health care services.

As the son of legal immigrants to America who came from India, I support stronger border security for our nation as well as deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes.

I've used the word 'compliant' environment, and what that means is it's absolutely right that we have an environment in terms of our immigration policy that distinguishes between people that are here legally and those that are here illegally.

For those who are here illegally and not following the rules, we need to send them home.

I don't want to take away deferred status from anyone who has it, but I also didn't want to send the message that it is OK to come here illegally.

I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

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.

The Constitution of the United States... specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy in the United States.

Mexicans are quasi-legal.

I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced.

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

If someone comes here illegally, we owe them absolutely nothing.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.

No migrant of any religion has a constitutional right to come to the United States.

Our policy is if you break the law, we will prosecute you. You have an option to go to a port of entry and not illegally cross into our country.

The hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who have unlawfully crossed our border are posing a significant threat to the government's ability to effectively enforce our nation's immigration laws.

Any proposal that allows people who are here illegally to cut to the front of the line is amnesty.

No one disagrees that undocumented criminals should be deported.

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.

Immigration customs enforcement is a role that makes sense. We have to have something that is doing that.

We have to do immigration reform while the pro-deportation crew is still reeling.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

I happen to believe in immigration reform but I don't believe that that means that every person who has come into America should be able to stay.