Barack Obama actually said...

"I just can't imagine what kind of person would put themselves through something like this."

"Great teachers see things in students that they don't even see in themselves."

"The notion that somehow we would not welcome their desire to be full-fledged parts of this community and this country and to contribute makes absolutely no sense."

"A country's presence on the foregoing list is not a reflection of its government's counternarcotics efforts or level of cooperation with the United States."