Amber Rudd Quotes

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.

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

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

I still have a Japanese passport. I haven't become an American citizen, and I am worried about getting deported every day.

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

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

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.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.

Whether we start with a provisional status and legal permanent residence... or we set up some other way to assimilate legally, you can't ever put in something that says, 'You can never become a citizen.' That's un-American.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

When it comes to fighting for citizenship that many people take for granted, there isn't anyone I would not talk to. When it comes to immigration, there isn't any question I will not answer.

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

I support legal immigration.

Hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship.

Citizenship obtained through naturalization is not a second-class citizenship.

Hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Foreigners may be admitted to citizenship by naturalization, either collectively or individually. Collective naturalization may occur when a foreign territory and its inhabitants are transferred to the United States.

In the U.S., those requesting a Green Card must take an oath that they will fulfill the rights and duties of citizenship.

I want to start by making a pledge, a pledge to those from the Windrush generation who have been in this country for decades and yet have struggled to navigate through the immigration system: This never should have been the case, and I will do whatever it takes to put it right.

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.

My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation.

Bernie Sanders supports offering a pathway to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S. and halting deportations for almost 9 million hardworking undocumented fathers and mothers.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.

The most urgent task I have is to help those British citizens who came from the Caribbean, the so-called Windrush generation, and make sure they are all treated with the decency and the fairness they deserve.