Barack Obama actually said...

"Immigration reform would be a boost to our economic recovery."

"That's what comprehensive immigration reform looks like: stronger enforcement, a smarter legal immigration system, a pathway to earned citizenship."

"Right now the United States Senate is debating a bipartisan, commonsense bill that'd be an important step toward fixing our broken immigration system."

"We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants—a place enriched by the contributions of people from all over the world—and stronger for it."