Political Quotes

“quickly, while Senator Vitter is speaking for a lot of people who believe we should not do this together, we should have border security and come back and look at a different way of doing this with 11 or 12 million people, that does not mean you are hateful, that does not mean you don't understand there is a problem. They have a problem with the citizenship path, and I understand that. I agree with the President, Senator Martinez, Senator Hagel, Senator Specter, Senator Kennedy, 70 percent of the American people--we have to do both. We are not going to put everybody in jail. That is off the table. It is not going to work. We are not going to deport 11 million or 12 million people. What do we do? Of these 11 or 12 million people, how many have children who are American citizens? How do you get them out of the shadows effectively to get control of the problem? If we want to control the borders, control employment. If we do not control employment, we can build the biggest fence in the world, and it will not work. People will keep coming here until we get a grip on employment. How do you control employment? Make sure you know who is being employed, and punish employers who cheat. Give them a chance to participate in the system that will work. The way to control employment is get people out of the shadows, sign up for a system we can control. If you make them felons, they are not going to come out of the shadows.…”