Robert Dornan: “There is a handful of people who do want to circle the wagons, seal the country up, forget that we are a nation of…”

“There is a handful of people who do want to circle the wagons, seal the country up, forget that we are a nation of immigrants, and I am tired of the liberal part of the news media going after them for quotes. They are not part of the debate. It is the average generous American who says I believe in the Statue of Liberty, I believe in the Golden Gate, ``Send us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuge of your teaming shores. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the door.'' That was punishment from a nun in the sixth grade, but I love Emma Lazarus' words. What we are talking about is law, justice, fairness and lawbreaking, and making a fool out of every Mexican who has decided he cannot stand the corruption and wants to be an American and does it legally. Every Ecuadorian, every Argentinian, every Tibetan. I was at your border in your district and they took and introduced me to two English-speaking Finns from Finland. And I said why not do it legally? ``Well, your border is so open down here, so porous, we just thought we would come through this way and stay a couple of years.''”