Rand Paul Quotes

It's very important that people understand that for refugees to come into the USA is very difficult. What upsets me about the whole situation is that people don't know the difference between a migrant and a refugee; they don't have respect for what people are coming from - the people who against it - and they have completely forgotten this is what built our country, the diversity. When it is put forward that masses of people are dangerous, and the actual numbers and the situation are proven to be completely the opposite of the way they're presented publicly, it's horrible.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

The conventional wisdom is that people come to the United States, and immigration is so great, and they say, 'America, what a great country.' And a lot of that is true.

I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.

We are, of course, a nation of immigrants, but some of us too often forget that fact. Sometimes we forget that the question isn't when we came here, but why we came here.

There's an overdose of foreigners.

The U. S.'s moral responsibility to accept immigrants is not unlimited.

As long as there are jobs waiting in our country, there is no way we can stop illegal immigration at the borders.

Immigration shall be encouraged

We have opened our doors to unrestricted immigration, partly because capitalists want plenty of cheap labor, which is not a good reason; and partly because the immigrants want to come, which is not a sufficient reason.

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

This country was founded by immigrants... I don't see Mr. Trump looking like an Apache, so all of us, we are immigrants.

The No. 1 question I get is, "Do you believe in an open-borders policy?" I'm like, wait a second: What does that really mean? When you say open-borders policy, do you mean that - this is like the US-Mexico border? We put up a sign that says "Keep Out," then 10 yards in we say, "Job Wanted." Is that what people mean by open borders? So that usually shuts people up. But that's the truth.

In November [2016], Americans are gonna have to make a decision about what we care about and who we are. We get these spasms of politics around immigration and fearmongering and then our traditions and our history and our better impulses kick in. That's how we all ended up here. 'Cause I guarantee you at some point every one of us has somebody in our background who people didn't want coming here. And yet here we are.

The Conservative party believes Canada is stronger for being able to welcome people from all over the world.

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

When I ran I was a first candidate to talk about how immigration was going be so damaging to the American people. When I first ran I talked about affirmative-action.

Some people would say we're already under attack by aliens - not space aliens, but illegal aliens.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.

People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other to produce a better America.

I take issue with many people's description of people being illegal Immigrants. There aren't any illegal Human Beings as far as I'm concerned.

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens.

[Hillary Clinton] is been honest about how many people she wants to enter the country unquestioned, unvetted, both illegal immigrants and refugees.

This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it.

America was, in the eyes of so many people, and it's what people respect America for, it is people have been able to come here, find a place, contribute to the economy. That's what immigration has been in America.