Barack Obama

We’re giving them all the skills they need to figure that out, but then we’re going to turn around and tell them to start that business and create those jobs in China or India or Mexico?

The time has come for common-sense, comprehensive immigration reform. The time is now.

I want to leave behind a legacy where the economy once again works for the middle class.

I think comprehensive immigration reform has to continue and build on the work we've done to strengthen border security.

That means that we've got to prepare leadership for the future, not just for today.

Recognizing the vital link between diplomacy and development is crucial for achieving broader U.S. development assistance goals.

It's not that we don't know how to do this.

This is a matter of us recognizing that comprehensive immigration reform will make our economy stronger.

We want to make sure that this legislation provides a real pathway.

Promoting gender equality and advancing the status of all women and girls around the world remains one of the greatest unmet challenges of our time.

We've done more on border security in the last four years than we have done in the previous 20.

Enhancing U.S. global leadership on gender equality requires dedicated resources and personnel with appropriate expertise.

We have to get comprehensive immigration reform.

I believe that the mood is right.

That's what comprehensive immigration reform looks like. Smarter enforcement, a pathway to earn citizenship, improvements in the legal immigration system, so that we continue to be a magnet for the best and the brightest all around the…

The foundation for bipartisan action is already in place. And if Congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, I will send up a bill based on my proposal and insist that they vote on it right away.

That's what comprehensive immigration looks like, smarter enforcement, a pathway to earn citizenship, improvements in the legal immigration system, so that we continue to be a magnet for the best and the brightest all around the world.

We're closely monitoring what's happening in Egypt.

This is not just a debate about policy. It's about people.

It is just not practical to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants living within our borders.

For comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship.

America's immigration system is broken.

Under his leadership, we have made significant investments in our passenger rail system.

This new commitment will bring America's total humanitarian aid to Syria to $365 million.

It will lift these individuals out of the shadows and give them a chance to earn their way to a green card and eventually to citizenship.