"We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands."
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"Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience."
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"A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engraffed with a foreign stock."
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"We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources."
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"We have never had the will to enforce the immigration laws. What you see is what you'll continue to get."
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"Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces. ... Legal immigrants do not seek to cross the border, or overstay their visas. They come here the right way. ... And, by and large, they are here as the result of reunifying families."
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"Immigration is one of the leading contributors to population growth."
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"...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to stop illegal immigration. Immigrants come here illegally from source countries where conditions prevail that encourage or even compel them to leave. Attacking the causes of illegal migration is essential and will require international cooperation."
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"Donald Trump unveiled his immigration policy and now he's getting a lot of flak. His policy would have prevented his own grandfather from coming to America. That explains his new campaign slogan: 'Vote Trump to prevent another Trump.'"
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"Undoubtedly, there are numerous problems with the immigration system here in The United States."
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"When dealing with illegal immigration, the answer is simple; enforce Constitutional mandates, and you will protect Floridians and the American people."
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"So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol."
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"Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol."
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"If American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
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"The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic."
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"Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses."
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"She [Theresa May] has done more to bring immigration down and abolish things like bogus colleges."
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"Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious."
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"One of the strengths of this country has been our diversity. One of the strengths of this country has been the fact that we are a nation of immigrants."
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"I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts."
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