This is not just some increase in the economic health of the country. It is $2.7 trillion in advantage, reducing the deficit by having more people working.

People who do not like immigrants want to look at costs and not benefits.

I will speak from a center-right perspective. The Reagan Republican movement understands the need to come to legal status for those who are here.

I would argue, I think common sense tells us, that people who can live without that fear, people who can get a driver's license, people who can fly on a plane because they have earned legal status...

I think all of us would like to see a bill that fixes the broken immigration system.

Senator Feinstein, joined in the process, of course, by Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bennet, and Senator Hatch, fostered a spirit of unity that was ultimately necessary to produce this agreement.

I think we are taking advantage of an opportunity when once in 25 years we deal with immigration to make sure that every base is covered.

I regret that the border security element falls well short of the sponsors' aspiration to protect the borders and maintain U.S. sovereignty.

if we do not secure our borders up front, there will be no political will and pressure from legalization advocates to do it later.

Now there are 12 million people that have.

the bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security within 6 months that a bill is signed into law to submit a comprehensive southern border security strategy.