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I'd estimate that half of the anti-immigration calls are scripted and say the same thing. So it's obvious there is some kind of concerted effort to keep the calls coming.

Cody Wertz

T hat bill is absolutely horrible. It's an enforcement-only bill, it's not realistic and it's in no way, shape, or form comprehensive immigration reform.

Kat Rodriguez

This education campaign will be a great tool to advance our mission of preventing and combating immigration-related employment discrimination.

Wan J. Kim

If we disagree on the how and when (of a boycott), we're united in the strategy of seeking comprehensive immigration reform.

Angelica Salas

I think almost everyone agrees there needs to be a security aspect to immigration, and the borders need to be more closely controlled.

Gary Roden

They have the authority to do it (levy immigration charges), although they usually don't in most cases.

Ahmed Bedier

It's definitely out there. There are incompetent and even dishonest immigration lawyers working all over.

Matt Bernstein

Republican members are hearing from their constituents that any message on immigration has got to take into account concerns about the border.

Cesar Conda

Why would employers care if immigration didn't affect wages?

George Borjas

I cringe because I know there are going to be people preying on people subject to the immigration authorities.

John Gleason

I would just hope Congress comes back from their break with renewed energy to do something about this issue. These concerns about immigration aren't going away. And they haven't been dealt with.

Lois Nelson

Regardless how you feel about the (immigration) issue, there's a message to be sent.

Charlie Cyr

We need to discuss immigration, not flip people the bird. We must engage in an active debate.

Stuart Reid

The Sensenbrenner bill has proven to be one of the great mobilizing forces for the pro (immigration) reform alliance in this country.

Frank Sharry

Collectors will threaten to have them deported. Even if they say they are here legally or are citizens, collectors have threatened to call immigration anyway to cause problems, especially for family or friends who may be here illegally.

Linda Hilton

This is a half-hearted and half-baked solution to the problem of illegal immigration.

Angela Kelley

What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers.

George Borjas

The situation on the ground looks the way it does because we've had a broken immigration system for years.

Craig Regelbrugge

I think I (have had to wait) because of the illegal immigration problem. They are going to give them all of the good stuff I am not able to have.

Maria Duque

The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country.

Alejandro Aviles

I want our immigration policy to be a global policy, a chosen policy: that is the condition for its success.

Dominique De Villepin

The debate that's going on in Washington over immigration reform is, I believe, a historic period for the country.

Pete Meersman

Arab descendants normally discuss the immigration of their relatives to Brazil: where they came from and what they started working as.

Carlos Tebecherani Haddad

This immigration system is broken. It's an emergency situation. That's why we're going to Washington.

Freddy Peralta

[Immigration] today is doing less work-site enforcement than even the Clinton administration did, and that is quite a dubious distinction.

John Hostettler

If we all participate, we will empower respect and real immigration reform.

Jaime Contreras

The only information I can give out is that he was denied entry under the Immigration Act.

Aaron Smith

Cameron has abandoned a large policy area, he's vacated ground on tax and immigration.

Nigel Farage

When it suits them, they say this is not a terrorism case, this is an immigration case. When it doesn't suit them, they say it's a terrorism case. We're confused.

Mahir Sherif

What is new is the extent of immigration, some of it legal, some of it not, in new communities across the country. They don't know how to deal with it so they freak out and pass laws.

John Trasviña

Vigilante groups are bit players in the current immigration debate.

Wayne Cornelius

Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to African-Americans since slavery. We're fired up. We can't take it anymore.

Ted Hayes

By then, we will be able to see whether the Senate has reached a compromise on immigration reform.

Marissa Graciosa

The Tampa office has always been extremely helpful in emergencies. It shows that immigration has a friendly face.

John Ovink

Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don't really mean our immigration law.

Richard Lamm

I feel like our federal immigration system is broken, and we are not going to fix it with this bill.

Sen. Brandon Bell

We consider ourselves pro-legal immigration.

Colin Hanna

There's no doubt that we are at a high in immigration to the United States.

Audrey Singer

Immigration law is civil law; law enforcement never enforces civil law.

Angelica Salas

You find the highest illegal immigration counties are now in the Midwest.

Austin Perez

Immigration there is getting tighter. It's probably because of the [current] political situation.

Luz Urdaneta

We are all here against illegal immigration. What we're for is legal immigration.

Alberto Monserrate

Of course, illegal immigration is really the hot-button issue for this election.

Pete Brunstetter

The contribution that immigrants make to our economy is incredible. The point is to bring home a just and comprehensive immigration reform bill.

Luis Valenzuela

He breached our immigration law and he is also a fugitive in Singapore. Therefore we helped (Singapore) by sending him back.

Anton Bachrul Alam

History shows us that debate is very healthy, and immigration is a complicated issue. This debate is good for the party.

Rachael Sunbarger

Having said that, it's also probably the case that his positions on immigration and the extent to which he is viewed as 'the Latino candidate' will probably hurt with groups that don't identify themselves in that way.

Jack Citrin

That is not America. We need immigration reform that treats people with dignity.

Joe Courtney

She can't grant status to somebody. We have systems and we expect people to come through the front door of our immigration system.

Alex Swann

We're talking about immigration reform as the immediate fix.

Andrea Hoffman

Fox is getting the word that it's going to be Congress that calls the shots on immigration and that Bush can't push the Congress.

George Grayson

This whole education fight is clearly a proxy for the immigration debate. A lot of people here feel if you don't build it, they won't come.

Bruce Merrill

It's not just illegal immigration, it's invasion.

Fred Gottshalk

The war on terror isn't going to be won through immigration restrictions.

Cardinal Mahony

There is a reason immigration is federal duty. It should be left to federal immigration officials.

David Lubell

I'm not even a lawyer but it feels like I've had about two years of law school on immigration.

Chip Rogers

As the immigration debate continues, we encourage member of Congress to pass comprehensive reform that protects both our borders and our economy.

Randel Johnson

We have to do something to convince our senators that we need a good immigration reform.

Carlos Avila

We are disappointed that the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) has granted bail to some of those individuals currently detained pending deportation.

Hazel Blears

Fourteen were detained and will be escorted to Baxter Immigration Detention Facility while arrangements are made for their departure.

Amanda Vanstone

We're not anti-immigration. We're anti-illegal immigration. When you come illegally, you're a criminal. You're breaking the law.

Jeff Hewitt

Most cases concern immigration attorneys who have a client in our court, and our court finds that no briefs are filed, or a review reflects that they are perfunctory.

Peter Shaw

Population and immigration are very difficult issues to discuss. Democrats and Republicans alike - for very different reasons - avoid it.

Gaylord Nelson

It could reduce immigration because it would make it more difficult for Brazilians to get there, but that wouldn't be the end of it.

Dr. John Bailey

Our complaint isn't necessarily with employers - it was with the immigration system.

Patrick Hickey

His immigration record is the worst in the U.S. Senate. It is horrendous to us.

Paul Streitz

Immigration, as it exists today, is a broken system. It traps anyone who's in the system.

Armando Villareal

Once you're in the immigration system, it's a much different ballgame.

Ahmed Bedier

We're lucky to have Hayworth here because he's one of the biggest advocates of immigration reform.

Mike Jaskie

To combat the growing devastation caused by the crimes associated with illegal immigration.

Janet Napolitano

However, I don't doubt that a wave of immigration will come to Poland.

Aleksander Kwasniewski

I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

Gary Ackerman

The program spawned illegal immigration.

Vernon Briggs

Their immigration status is not our concern, ... Our concern is the crime itself.

Dr. James Wilcox

He followed all the relevant immigration laws to the letter.

Nelson Chamisa

There's no question that the failure of the federal government to create an immigration system that works is creating enormous anxiety in the states.

Benjamin Johnson

It's a headache when these groups are filming and going to the cities to complain. But they are part of today's immigration reality.

Victor Narro

We know that the net benefit of immigration is very small.

George Borjas

All of a sudden, she's become the immigration governor. That's because they have the same polling as the Republican Party does.

Randy Pullen

I think people are becoming more disgusted with illegal immigration. I'm thankful that people are getting off the couch and taking back their country.

Rosanna Pulido

The point is to stop it (illegal immigration), and if we have to do it ourselves, we're going to do everything we can to stop it.

Michael Vickers

There's a lot of tension with the immigration issue going on, but this transcends that issue. You don't handle it by banning the American flag.

Mike Burk

The immigration service does not have a good history of contract supervision.

Steve Camarota

The station never corroborated that immigration was there. We had phone calls on the air cautioning people that immigration was in Bridgeton and Vineland.

Alberto Gonzalez

Special preference immigration status.

Martha Davis

It's not going to fix the broken federal system. They are frustrated by the lack of action by Congress, but the immigration system is not going to be fixed in Richmond.

Tim Freilich

Our immigration system is badly broken and needs repair.

Theodore E. Mccarrick

Applaud uncontrolled colored immigration.

David Irving

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

There is no group that has benefited less from immigration.

Vernon Briggs

It is critical that any immigration reform focus on our economic security as well as our border security.

Richie Jackson

We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our workplace. We hope immigration law gets it figured out.

Ken Anderson

We believe there might be some people who didn't call us because of their immigration status.

Dr. James Wilcox

It will be an interesting way to have a discussion about immigration.

Sandy Swanson

The whole immigration process has become so challenging that you almost have to pay an attorney to get through the process.

Sharon Gardner

I don't know how you can declare an emergency at the border and be perceived as being pro-illegal immigration.

Jeanine L'ecuyer

Will give a voice to the public who are concerned with uncontrolled immigration.

Phil Edwards

The immigration laws should not be used as instruments of censorship. The State Department should not be deciding which ideas Americans hear and which they do not.

Jameel Jaffer

It is a dialogue to discuss realistic, comprehensive immigration reform. We are in the consultation phase.

Erin Healy

I keep it in my drawer as a reminder that I am an immigrant running an immigration service.

Emilio Gonzalez

It could be 50, it could be 300. The only reason we are thinking there may be less is that, illegal immigrants are afraid because there have been rumors of immigration officials being in the area.

Elena Cuevas

They were there because they have very good information and they have very good statistics and they are also committed to stemming the tide of illegal immigration.

Ed Dumas