Kevin McCarthy Quotes

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

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

It would be a travesty, in my opinion, to treat those who violated our laws to get here much better than those who have patiently waited their turn to come to the United States the right way.

The current diversity visa program does a disservice to our immigration policy and to those immigrants who have moved through the more traditional process that allows them to lawfully reside in this country.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

There is no such thing as free immigration. Every self-governing nation is going to determine what sort of people it will admit through its boundaries.

We might have some problems with some countries. Why should we not take into consideration the country of origin [in making immigration decisions]?

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

It's always good, when it comes to immigration, to always be paranoid. You can never be too paranoid.

The right kind of immigrants can benefit the British economy enormously, but no country can accept indiscriminate, unlimited immigration.

Open borders would be clear access to this country without going through a legal immigration process, and that's exactly what Mrs. Clinton is wanting us to do.

Legal immigrants deserve respect for following the laws of our nation and completing the process. This is not an extreme concept. It is a matter of simply protecting our nation's sovereignty and knowing who is coming into our nation.

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

What I have always thought is that there should be a proper national conversation about what kind of immigration policies we have.

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.

At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.

I'm not anti-immigration.

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

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

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.

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

The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.

The goal of immigration policy should be what is in the best interests of the American people as a whole. I would recommend limiting immigration to spouses and minor children of citizens, plus additional immigrants chosen for special skills needed in the U.S.

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

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.