I commend the Commission's work and its contribution to the national dialog on immigration policy.

We have also worked to improve and tighten the naturalization process and have made needed reforms to our asylum system for refugees fleeing persecution.

America has always been a nation of immigrants, and I am proud of the significant progress my administration has made toward improving America's immigration system.

This proposal is an unacceptable and ineffective way to fight illegal immigration.

It remains the policy of this Administration to enforce the immigration laws to the fullest extent.

My administration has put in place a comprehensive strategy to address the problem of illegal immigration.

It is against the law for businesses to hire workers who are illegal immigrants and are not authorized to work in the United States.

It remains the policy of this Administration to fully and aggressively enforce the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to the fullest extent.

The Czech and the Slovak people who came to the United States helped us to build our country.

We must control our borders even as we work to protect the dignity and rights of individuals.

America has over one million Portuguese-Americans.

It is astonishing—every place I go in the world, I meet somebody with a relative in the United States.

I simply don't agree that 187 is the right way to go because, first of all, nearly everybody thinks it's unconstitutional.

Dianne Feinstein has established herself as a national leader on the economy, on crime, on the environment, on immigration.

I have chosen Barbara Jordan, one of the most well respected people in America, to chair this Commission because immigration is one of the most important and complex issues facing our country today.

The entry into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of persons who formulate, implement, or benefit from policies that impede Nigeria's transition to democracy, and the immediate family members of such persons, is hereby suspended.

We do have more border patrol people coming in, 600 of them.

The solution is to welcome legal immigrants and legal legitimate refugees and to turn away those who do not obey the laws.