(293 quotes found)
“No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.”
Clayton Cramer
“I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?"”
Grace Murray Hopper
“As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Our nation's immigration policy has been of top concern in recent years, and for good reason. With between eight and twelve million illegal aliens in the United States, it is obviously a problem out of control.”
Chris Cannon
“But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.”
Samuel P. Huntington
“The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.”
“Immigration must be halted in the short-term so that our dole queues are not added to by, in many cases, unskilled migrants not fluent in the English language.”
Pauline Hanson
“Our border patrol and immigration agents are doing a fine job, but we still have a problem, ... Too many illegal immigrants are coming in, and we're capturing many more non-Mexican illegal immigrants than we can send home.”
George W Bush
“There's definitely a huge gap between the elite and public perceptions on immigration.”
Mark Krikorian