Immigration Reform Quotes - Page 6

• I will argue until my last breath for a pathway to citizenship that is quick and efficient because I want to end this chapter. I want to end it...But let me say, conversely, I am as committed as any Republican to ending illegal immigration as we know it...They want to end it. So do I.

  Luis Gutiérrez

  Pathways, Immigration, Want

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• Because a person chooses to leave their home country and come to the United States does not necessarily mean they have the right to demand that their father or their other extended family members be allowed to come if they don't otherwise meet the standard.

  Jeff Sessions

  Country, Father, Home

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• Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions of applicants who seek to come here lawfully. Additionally, the framework carves out a special exception for agricultural workers that has little justification.

  Mike Lee

  America, Safety, Goal

  "On Senate Immigraton Proposal, Bipartisan Sponsors Claim Momentum For Uphill Battle" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2013.

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• These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.

  Mike Lee

  Country, Special, Immigration

  "On Senate Immigraton Proposal, Bipartisan Sponsors Claim Momentum For Uphill Battle" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 28, 2013.

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• Yes, absolutely because we think there is a way to do this through earned legalization without rewarding people who have come in with undocumented status, illegally. We don't want to give them an advantage over those who came here legally and we think that there's a way to do this while still respecting the rule of law. It's clear that what the President is talking about does not do that.

  Paul Ryan

  Thinking, Talking, Law

  "House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan on budget battles and immigration". "This Week" with Jon Karl, abcnews.go.com. February 17, 2013.

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• The good news is that we really do think that ... on the immigration issue, that we will, before summer, have comprehensive immigration reform.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Summer, Thinking, Issues

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• We can't really have a serious debate about reform on immigration if we don't have operational control of the border. ... With the executive order out there, with the urgency of the threat, I think it's very likely that we'll get something passed, later this year.

  Michael McCaul

  Pensamiento, Orden, Años

  "Becerra expects immigration bill soon" by Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I support the framework that the bipartisan group of senators are working on...We have to remember the 11 million people who are here are people...[i]t's what Abraham Lincoln would have said, it is what the Republican Party stands for. It is the reason we have to get it right on who stays and who goes.

  Darrell Issa

  Party, People, Support

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• Parece que la reforma de la inmigración está cobrando impulso.

  Justin Amash

  Immigration, Reform, Momentum

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• I do not believe the border is secure and I still believe we have a long, long way to go.

  John Cornyn

  Believe, Long, Immigration

  "Senate opens immigration hearings with Republicans grilling Napolitano on border security". www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2013.

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• Como dijo el Dr. King, una injusticia en cualquier lugar es una amenaza para la justicia en todas partes. Es ese credo del movimiento por los derechos civiles el que nos sigue motivando hoy en día... Así que hoy, asumimos la causa de unir nuestros brazos a los de nuestros hermanos y hermanas inmigrantes con ese espíritu... para echar una mano a los que se enfrentan a la injusticia como resultado de un sistema de inmigración roto.

  Steven Horsford

  Hermano, Reyes, Derechos

  "Why Immigration Reform Is Part of the Civil Rights Struggle" por Arturo Conde, abcnews.go.com. 1 de marzo de 2013.

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• Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.

  Darrell Issa

  Class, Support, Pathways

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• I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let alone citizenship.

  John Cornyn

  Focus, Support, Immigration

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• He had 'deep concerns' with the pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants under consideration by the group, calling it 'profoundly unfair' to legal immigrants.

  Ted Cruz

  Pathways, Immigration, Groups

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• America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.

  George Will

  Government, America, Immigration

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• We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship.

  Dick Durbin

  Country, People, Pathways

  "Durbin: All illegal immigrants must have pathway to citizenship" by John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. February 10, 2013.

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• We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ... But the good faith effort that's being put into this absolutely is encouraging to me and gives me hope.

  Dick Durbin

  Issues, Long, Giving

  "Harry Reid On Immigration: I’m Committed To Getting Bipartisan Plan ‘Over The Finish Line’" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2013.

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• There are many miles to go before we get this done ... But I have a feeling that ... we're going to have a big bipartisan vote for this in the end. My sense is that people are more optimistic than they've been in 20 years about addressing this problem.

  Michael Bennet

  Optimistic, Years, People

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• He [Rubio] is so knowledgeable about this issue ... I'm glad to see somebody with his background step forward and say it's important and we need to look at it.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Issues, Important, Immigration

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• I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this.

  Sherrod Brown

  Optimista, Pensamiento, Gente

  "Moderate Dems coy on immigration" by Kate Nocera, www.politico.com. January 31, 2013.

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• We are dealing with the question of the 11 million people paying their taxes, having a path to legalization and, then, ultimately, to citizenship. Tough issues but we are coming together and I think we can do it.

  Dick Durbin

  Pensamiento, Cuestiones, Personas

  "Sens. Dick Durbin and Bob Corker on chances of budget compromise; battle over GOP's future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace.", www.foxnews.com. March 17, 2013.

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• I hope that Republicans in the House and Mr. Cantor will embrace that as part of immigration reform.

  Dick Durbin

  House, Immigration, Reform

  "Durbin: All illegal immigrants must have pathway to citizenship" by John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. February 10, 2013.

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• Hice un juramento para defender las leyes... Sé que algunos quieren que me salte el Congreso y cambie las leyes por mi cuenta... Créanme, la idea de hacer las cosas por mi cuenta es muy tentadora. Se lo prometo. No sólo en la reforma migratoria. Pero no es así... no es así como funciona nuestro sistema. No es así como funciona nuestra democracia. No es así como está escrita nuestra Constitución.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Book, Law

  President Barack Obama's remarks to the National Council of La Raza, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 25, 2011.

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• Mientras la opinión pública estadounidense sigue centrándose más intensamente en la inmigración ilegal y la seguridad de las fronteras del país, el número de miembros del Grupo para la Reforma de la Inmigración de la Cámara de Representantes sigue creciendo.

  Virgil Goode

  Numbers, Focus, House

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• La Ley de Reforma Integral de la Inmigración de 2010 del senador Robert Menéndez trataría de anular todas y cada una de las leyes estatales y locales que luchan contra la inmigración ilegal. La Ley CIR ASAP del congresista Luis Gutiérrez, con más de 100 copatrocinadores demócratas, hace lo mismo.

  Russell Pearce

  Lucha, Ley, Intento

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