Jacky Rosen Quotes

We need to have comprehensive immigration reform and that means there should be a path for citizenship. And certainly I support the DREAM Act to help all of these young people who were brought here.

For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.

I still passionately support comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship.

Immigrants are integral to the strength of our nation. They deserve comprehensive reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship and ensure that families aren't torn apart.

And we'll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy!

We all need to call upon our lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for hard-working, law-abiding undocumented people and their families.

There should be a pathway to citizenship - not a special pathway and not no pathway.

We're not going to deport 12 million people, so let's stop this fiction. Let's give them permanent status.

On immigration reform you don’t get a bill without a path to citizenship .

United States immigration reform would be a fair recognition of those [Mexicans] who live in the United States and are part of the dynamic U. S. economy.

In order to create real, long-lasting reform, we must create a pathway to legal status for the millions of undocumented immigrants who have made lives for themselves and their families in the United States.

If I ran for president, the first thing I'd do is legalize everyone who's been here paying taxes, working, paying taxes. Mothers and fathers of kids born in the U.S. should get a green card.

The fact is this is a great country because we've always embraced immigrants. The fact is we have every right to enforce our borders and to protect them, but we also need to provide a pathway for citizenship.

Any proposal that allows people who are here illegally to cut to the front of the line is amnesty.

We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

Should we attempt border security first, which I believe we should, we still need to face the fact that comprehensive reform is necessary. This must include a guest worker program and dealing with the 11 million people who are here today that are contributing to our economy.

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

Like all other law-abiding Americans, I fully support legal immigration.

I support legal immigration.

The implication here is that those who came to America legally over the years are somehow second-class citizens.

Immigration reform is for those thousands of people in my district and the millions of people across the country who want nothing more than to work hard, provide for their families, and reach for the American Dream.

We should encourage people who have lived here peacefully for years to earn legal status over time.

My grandmother was not a U.S. citizen. Growing up along the border, you see the real human side of immigration - not the picture often drawn by politicians far removed from the border.