Full Listing of Immigration Quotations
Quotes have been organized for easier access into four categories. Within each category the sources are listed alphabetically, and for each quote source, the most recent quote appears first. Click on a category to view quotes in that group.
Contemporary Public Officials
- Abraham, Spencer
- Sen. R-MI
- Albright, Madeleine
- Former Secretary of State
- Alexander, Lamar
- Former Secretary of Education
- Antonovich, Michael D.
- L.A. County Supervisor
- Armey, Dick
- Former Rep. R-TX
- Bauer, Gary
- Former Presidential Candidate & White House advisor
- Bennett, William
- Former Secretary of Education & Co-Dir., Empower America
- Brezezinski, Zbigniew — Open borders impractical
- Former Carter Administration national security advisor
- Brown, Kathleen
- Former CA State Treasurer
- Bryant, John W. — Investor Visas
- Former Rep. D-TN
- Buchanan, Pat
- Presidential Candidate & Commentator
- Bush, Jeb
- Former Gov. FL
- Bush, George W.
- Former President
- Byrd, Sen. Robert
- Sen. D-WV
- Carter, Jimmy
- Former President
- Chertoff, Michael
- Former Secretary of Homeland Security
- Chiles, Lawton
- Former Gov. FL, Former Sen. D-FL
- Cisneros, Henry
- Former Secretary of Transportation & Mayor of Denver
- Clinton, Bill
- Former President
- Cuomo, Mario
- Former Gov. NY
- Dole, Elizabeth
- Sen. R-NC
- Dole, Robert
- Former Presidential Candidate & Sen. R-KS
- Durbin, Dick
- Sen. D-IL
- Exon, J. James
- Former Sen. D-NB
- Feinstein, Dianne
- Sen.D-CA
- Gingrich, Newt
- Former House Speaker, R-GA
- Giuiliani, Rudolph W.
- Former Mayor NYC
- Gore, Albert
- Former Vice President
- Gramm, Phil — Amnesty for illegal aliens
- Former Sen. R-TX
- Grassley, Charles E.
- Sen. R-Iowa — H-1B Visas & Illegal Immigration
- Greenspan, Alan — Don’t protect U.S. workers
- Former Chair Federal Reserve Board
- Jordan, Barbara
- Former Chair U.S. Commission on Immigration. Reform & Rep. D-TX
- Kelly, Sharon Pratt
- Former Mayor Washington, D.C.
- Kemp, Jack
- Former vice presidnetial. candidate &
- Sen. (R-NY) & Co-Dir., Empower America
- Kennan, George F.
- Former Career Ambassador
- Kennedy, Edward
- Former Sen. D-MA
- Kennedy, John F.
- Former President, Rep. D-MA, Sen. D-MA
- King, Steve — La Raza is racist
- Rep. (R-IA) Ranking member Immigration Subcmte
- Koch, Ed
- Former Mayor of NYC
- Lamm, Richard "Dick"
- Former governor CO
- Mazzoli, Rep. Romano L.
- Former Rep. D-TN & Chair of House Immigration Subcommittee.
- Meissner, Doris
- Former INS Commissioner
- Miller, Zell
- Former Sen. R-GA
- Moynihan, Daniel P.
- Former Sen. D-NY
- Napolitano, Janet — National security
- Secty. Dept. Homeland Security, Former Gov. AZ
- Nelson, Alan C.
- Former INS Commissioner
- Nelson, Gaylord
- Former Sen. D-WI & Gov. WI)
- Nixon, Richard
- Former President
- Obama, Barack — Bring in more foreign workers
- President, Former Sen. D-IL
- Panetta, Leon
- Former Dir. of. OMB & Rep. D-CA
- Perot, H. Ross
- Former Presidential Candidate, Reform Party
- Polanco, Richard
- CA Assemblyman D-LA
- Prewitt, Kenneth
- Census Bureau Dir.
- Rangel, Rep. Charles B.
- Rep. D-NY
- Reagan, Ronald
- Former President, Gov. CA
- Reich, Robert — H-1B workers
- Former Secretary of Labor
- Reid, Harry — Reduce immigration, legal and illegal
- Sen. D-NV
- Reno, Janet
- Former Atty. Gen.
- Royce, Edward — Terrorist threat
- Rep. R-CA
- Schumer, Charles E.
- Former Rep. D-NY
- Simon, Paul
- Former Sen. D-IL
- Simpson, Alan
- Former. Sen. R-WY & Chair of House Immigration Subcmte
- Smith, Lamar
- Rep. R-TX, Former Chair House Immigration Subcommittee
- Tancredo, Thomas "Tom" — "radical multiculturalism"
- Former Rep. R-CO & Chair House Immigration. Reform Caucus
- Torres, Arnaldo "Art"
- Former CA Assemblyman, (D)
- Whitman, Christine
- Former Gov. NJ
- Wilson, Gov. Pete
- Former Gov. CA
- Zedillo Ponce de Leon, Ernesto
- Former President of Mexico
Other Notables
- Abbey, Edward
- Author, Commentator, Polemecist
- Aleinikoff, T. Alexander
- Former INS General Counsel
- Anderson, Stuart
- Cato Institute
- Asimov, Issac — Overpopulation
- Author
- Attarian, John
- Economist, Scholar
- Avendano, Ana
- Associate General Counsel, Immigrant Worker Program
- Avina, Julieta
- Mayor of Palomas, Mexico
- Beardall, Bill — Exploitation of illegal alien workers
- Exec. Dir. Equal Justice Center, Austin, Texas
- Borjas, George — Immigration’s impact on U.S. workers
- Harvard Prof. of Public Policy, Author
- Boscan, Saul
- Natl Assn. of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials
- Brinton, Henry
- Presbyterian Pastor
- Bucha, Paul W.
- Pres. Cong. Medal of Honor Soc.
- Burke, B. Meredith
- Demographer
- Chamie, Joseph — Immigration shaping our future
- Research Dir. Center for Migration Studies, Prof. London School of Econ
- Chang, Michael — Ethnic change
- Mayor of Cupertino CA
- Chisti, Muzaffar
- National Immigration Forum
- Coleman, David A. — Why Borders Cannot Be Open
- Prof., St. John's College, Oxford
- Cornelius, Wayne A.
- Dir. Studies & Programs, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, U.C.-S.D.
- Dyson, Tim — Malthus wasn’t wrong
- Prof.of population studies at the London School of Economics
- Erlich, Paul and Anne
- Authors, environmentalists
- Estrada, Richard — Affirmative action/immigrant assimilation
- Journalist, Columnist
- Freere, Greg — Day labor hiring sites
- Trade Union Official
- Feld, Charlie — High-tech. workers
- CEO of The Feld Group
- Fix, Michael
- Urban Inst.
- Fragoman, Austin — Visa overstayers
- Immigration Lawyer
- Geyer, Georgie Anne — Amnesty
- Columnist
- Gimpel, James
- Academic, Author
- Gilliam, Harold
- Environmental Writer
- Glazer, Nathan
- Author, Journalist
- Gleick, Peter
- Co-founder Pacific Institute
- Goldsborough, James
- Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune
- Gordon, Robt. J.
- Academic
- Gorelick, Jamie
- Former Dep. Atty. Gen.
- Gutierrez, Marcos — La Raza ascendancy
- Journalist, Talk-show Host, Professor
- Hardin, Garrett
- Author, Biology Prof.
- Hanson, Victor Davis
- Author, Academic
- Hesburgh, Rev. Theodore — Investor visas and immigration limits
- Chair U.S. Commission on Immigration, Former Pres. Notre Dame
- Hing, Bill Ong
- Law Prof. & Dir. Imm. Legal Resource Center
- Huntington, Samuel
- Harvard Prof. of Govt. and Author
- Jacinoski, Jerry
- Pres. NAM
- Jacoby, Tamar
- Columnist
- Jensen, Lief and Yoshimi Chitose
- Pennsylvania State Univ. researchers
- Johnson, James H. Jr. & Oliver, Melvin — Immigration and blacks
- Academics
- Jones, Gen. James L.
- NATO Supreme Commander
- Jones, Peter — Collapse of the Roman empire
- Author
- Kennedy, Paul
- Yale Prof.
- Kitt, Eartha
- Entertainer
- Lehman, Thomas E.
- Economics Prof
- Leticia [last name withheld]
- An illegal alien perspective
- Lind, Michael
- Journalist, Harpers
- McClay, Wilfred M. — The middle class
- Academic, Historian
- Mahathir bin Mohamad, Dr. Dato Seri
- Former Prime Min.Malaysia
- Maibach, Michael
- Former VP Intel Corp.
- Martin, Phil
- Prof. Ag. Econ. UC-Davis
- Newsom, David D.
- Academic
- Nier, James E.
- Cmdr. VFW
- Norquist, Grover
- Pres. Americans for Tax Reform
- Papademetriou, Demetrios
- Immig. Program, Carnegie
- Parker, Richard A. & Rea, Louis M. — Cost of immigration in CA
- Researchers
- Pasco, Jim
- Exec. Dir. Fraternal Order of Police
- Pimentel, David, Ph.D.
- Prof. Insect Ecology and Ag. Sci. Cornell University
- Pinkerton, James P. — The environment
- Academic, Former White House Advisor on the Environment
- Plumb, George E. — Steady-state economy
- Prof. population studies London School of Economics
- Pope, Carl
- Exec. Dir. Sierra Club, Former Lobbyist for ZPG
- Porritt, Jonathon — Looming resource shortages
- Author and Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission
- Portes, Alejandro
- Prof. Sociology and Dir. Ctr. for Migration and Development, Princeton
- Rockefeller, John D. III
- Philanthropist, Founder Population Council
- Rodriguez, Gregory — Assimilation
- Columnist Los Angeles Times
- Rubin, Howard
- Former Technology Advisor to Clinton Administration
- Ryscavage, Fr. Richard — Immigration and the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S.
- Jesuit
- Saenz, Thomas A.
- V.P. for Litigation, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Samuelson, Paul — Labor supply and wages
- Economist, author
- Samuelson, Robert J. — Immigration, poverty & PC
- Syndicated Economics Columnist
- Small, Larry
- Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae
- Smith, Wayne — Cuba Policy
- Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy
- Soros, George
- Investor, Philanthropist
- Sowell, Thomas — Assimilation
- Economist, Hoover School, Stanford Univ.
- Spendal, Ron
- Oregon Refugee Coordinator
- Stewart, David W.
- Educator, Author
- Teitelbaum, Michael S.
- Demographer, Program Dir., Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Thomas, Cal
- Commentator
- Trump, Donald
- Real Estate Tycoon
- Waldinger, Roger
- Chair, Dept. Sociology, UCLA and Michael Lichter, SUNY
- Walker, David M.
- Former U.S. Comptroller General
- Wattenberg, Ben
- Sr. Fellow, Amer. Enterprise Inst.
- Wheeler, Charles
- Ex.Dir. Nat. Imm. Law Ctr.
- Willox, Norman A. Jr.
- LexisNexis
- Wolfe, Alan
- Sociologist, Author
- Yzaguirre, Raul,
- Nat. Council of LaRaza
Organizations
- 9/11 Commission
- Roman Catholic Church
- Christian Coalition
- Council of Economic Advisers
- Hudson Institute
- INS statements
- Izzak Walton League
- Nobel Laureates — The environment
- Open Border groups
- Real Estate interests
- Rockefeller Commission
- See U.S. Population Commission
- Trilateral Commission
- United Nations Population Fund
- U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform — Jordan Commission on unskilled immigration
- U.S. Population Commission
- The Urban Inst.
- Washington Post
Historical Figures
- Adams, John
- Former President, founding father
- Coolidge, Calvin
- Former President
- Douglass, Frederick
- Abolitionist/Editor
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Founding father
- Gompers, Samuel
- Founder and President of AFL
- Hamilton, Alexander
- Founding father
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Former President, founding father
- Lazarus, Emma
- Poet
- Madison, James
- Former President, founding father
- Roosevelt, Theodore "Teddy"
- Former President, "Rough-rider"
- Walker, Francis A.
- President MIT 1881-1897
- Washington, Booker T.
- Former slave, founder of Tuskegee Institute
- Washington, George
- First President, founding father
