Migration Quotes - Page 2

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

If our goal is to slow migration, then the best way to do so is to work for a more equitable global system. But slowing migration is an odd goal, if the real problem is global inequality.

Facebook's successor will no doubt provide an easy "migration utility" through which you can bring all your so-called friends with you, if you even want to.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

It is said that the quality of recent immigration is undesirable. The time is quite within recent memory when the same thing was said of immigrants who, with their descendants, are now numbered among our best citizens.

The EU leaves us no freedom to determine our own immigration and asylum laws. That's why leaving the EU is necessary.

What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

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.

In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.

Overpopulation is perhaps the biggest problem facing us, and immigration is part of that problem. It has to be addressed.

Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those who have established equities in the United States should be recognized and accorded legal status. At the same time, in so doing, we must not encourage illegal immigration.

I don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.

For one, we very much need in any immigration bill - we need protection for people who are in this country and who have not become citizens, for example, that they are protected and legitimized and given permanent residency here. And we want to see some things of that kind added to the immigration bill.

A familiar question for Australians is how much we are a product of our circumstances, and how much we are what we have made ourselves to be. In truth, by the act of migration the country was made: by that voluntary act and by the emigrants' ambitions it was built.

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 want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.