#immigrant

Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#beginning #black #class #companies #comprise

You know, when President Reagan, who was one of my idols, granted amnesty to about three million illegal immigrants it was based on the fact that the borders would be secured. That didn't happen. It didn't happen during the Bush administration. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#administration #amnesty #based #borders #bush

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. ↗

— Bob Filner

#congress #continues #contribute #culture #debate

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. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#country #current #disservice #diversity #does

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#america #came #city #cultures #each

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. ↗

— Eric Liu

#became #become #citizens #citizenship #conference

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all. ↗

— Francis Maude

#britons #come #hadn #here #home

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture. ↗

— David Ortiz

#any #believe #country #culture #definitely

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#country #english #every #five #here

It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

#america #bit #came #fear #immigrants