Bobby Jindal Quotes

Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that's my position. I've been pushing that one since before it was popular.

A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for open borders. A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for amnesty.

If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats.

I have never supported amnesty, and I led the fight against Chuck Schumer's gang of eight amnesty legislation in the Senate.

If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.

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

The key here is to be fair to the 11 million [illegal immigrants], starting with the [2 million younger illegals] ‘Dreamers'....I’ve stopped letting 30 percent of the people who are mad about immigration determine how I behave. To those who feel like you should deport [younger illegals], boy, I couldn’t disagree with you more…. To the people who object to this, I don’t want you to vote for me because I cannot serve you well.

I am strongly opposed to any form of amnesty, including, especially, executive amnesty.

I will never support amnesty legislation because it will not work.

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

Illegal aliens have broken our laws, and they shouldn't be rewarded with amnesty and immediate legalization.

I'm not in favor of any amnesty whatsoever.

I oppose amnesty, I oppose citizenship, I oppose legalization for illegal aliens. I always have and I always will.

Donald Trump's against amnesty and I'm against amnesty, not that anybody should care what a consultant thinks.

I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together.

Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.

Every time anybody in Washington talks about legal status, amnesty, anything of that nature, it becomes a magnet that lures people in quickly into the United States.

After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has been fooled once by this amnesty argument, let us not be fooled again.

We should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. It means, come out from the shadows, pay a fine, earn legal status by working, by paying taxes, learning English. Not committing crimes and earn legal status where you're not cutting in front of the line for people that are patiently waiting outside.

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 don't want to take away deferred status from anyone who has it, but I also didn't want to send the message that it is OK to come here illegally.

I do not support amnesty. I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

I just always believe that we should not reward people with citizenship whose first act in this country was a violation of the law. And I continue to hold that view. But let me say, I think there is plenty of room here for compassion. And there's plenty of room here for crafting a solution that will deal with this issue in the long term.

We do not need $1 allowed for the president to enact amnesty.