"The American people, correctly, are dubious of a plan that gives lawfulness now to people who came in illegally."
"Well, you could follow through on these programs and do some other initiatives and be able to preside over real improvement, I think, in the lawfulness of our immigration system."
"the problem of the Uyghurs that are held at Guantanamo who are certified to have been trained at a terrorist camp"
"And we will be looking at those numbers, the best numbers we can get, and I think the American people will hold you accountable for progress."
"The need to fix our immigration system is something I support."
"I think when the American people realize that the broken pipe is being fixed and we are not just mopping up the water but we are fixing the leak, we can have a far better discussion about how to deal ..."
"I do not think there has been another raid of that kind since, and it may be the unintentional result of your comments and actions that the agents got the message."
"But I would note that when you have a 70-percent decrease from the peak of the commencement of enforcement and those numbers continue to drop each year, the stress has been high on the courts and the ..."
"We have been provided the greatest legal system the world has ever had, and all of us have a responsibility to pass it on and to ensure that every single American is provided what is on that Supreme C..."
"I think the Obama administration needs to send a clear message that when the legitimate interests of this Nation are threatened we're prepared to defend our interests, and we're not going to pay tribu..."
"We should not try to give away or excuse away the responsibility we have to protect ships on the high seas."