I think it is one of those simple realities.
The American people are rightly concerned. They saw what happened in 1986, and they are rightly concerned that we may make that mistake agai...
The current 'law is not adequate to prevent the immigration of criminals, nor is it sufficiently effective' to deport criminals. That is sti...
Whose interest are we representing--the United States or the person who would like to come?
Now, my understanding of the law of supply and demand, if we have a high demand for labor, why haven't the wages gone up more than 1 percent...
I think the concerns that the American people rightly have and I have is many of these complex questions are not amenable to being settled i...
Well, we have got to get beyond just that problem. We are going to treat those people that came illegally somehow in a compassionate way.
Americans do believe in immigration. They do affirm immigrants that are here. They do not hate immigrants.
So what could we do to draft a comprehensive bill that would allow people with the family and historical connection to have a better chance,...
But they are asking sincerely, consistently for over 30 years that we create a lawful system of immigration.
But we have got to think about drafting a comprehensive bill. Let's draft one that is comprehensive, that deals with the problems that you j...
If there is a shortage of low-skilled labor in America, doesn't the economic reality indicate their wages will go up?
low-skilled workers tend to draw more from the economy than they put in.
We need to tighten up a number of things from enforcement to actually the how we handle the amnesty portion of the bill and how we do future...
We passed an amnesty and made a promise in the future that we would have enforcement, and it never came.
I think it would be a big mistake for him as a matter of principle out of some fanciful idea that he could not support a lawful system and a...
I think the American people don't feel good about a protest that says we don't have to comply with American law.
Well, we make decisions up here, you know, irrespective of who's at the White House. And I think this has a lot of merit.
