Barack Obama

Our businesses should only employ people legally authorized to work in the United States.

Our immigration system should reward anyone who is willing to work hard and play by the rules.

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 or someplace else.

Americans with same-sex partners from other countries should not be faced with the painful choice between staying with the person they love or staying in the country they love.

The time has come for commonsense, comprehensive immigration reform.

I want to thank Secretary LaHood for his dedication, his hard work, and his years of service to the American people.

That's why we need comprehensive immigration reform.

The Asad regime will come to an end.

We have to make sure that every business and every worker in America is playing by the same set of rules.

And Ray has never wavered in that belief.

The situation on the ground has obviously been a concern to the United States and other nations.

Children brought here illegally through no fault of their own by their parents will be eligible for earned citizenship.

I am grateful to Ray for everything he's done, and I wish him only the best going forward.

The White House is pushing Congress to approve an assault weapons ban and other steps that hopes will prevent another mass shootings.

Brick by brick, block by block, our communities are being made whole again.

That's a good message to send.

This team inspired a lot of passions on both sides.

The United States looks forward to working with the next government.

My administration remains committed to supporting our State and local partners and bringing every resource to bear as we help our neighbors rebuild.

But when you fall, the real test is whether you can ignore the naysayers, pick yourself up, and come back stronger.

One of the things I'm proudest of is that they take their roles as fathers seriously.

We must commit ourselves to resisting hate and persecution in all its forms.

Sometimes they're going to go sideways.

I just wanted to have a chance to publicly say thank you, because I think Hillary will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state we've had.

The United States, along with the international community, resolves to stand in the way of any tyrant or dictator who commits crimes against humanity.