Rachel Campos-Duffy Quotes

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

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

Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children.

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

The policy is anyone who's here illegally is here illegally, does not have the right to be here. We'll decide whether it's in our interest to let them stay or not. Perhaps it is in our interest to let some of them stay.

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced.

Quite frankly, I think if a man or a woman likes their American job, wherever they were born, they should be able to keep that job. We need a clear path to citizenship for workers who are already here and a fair and efficient on-ramp for those who want to come here.

Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.

I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.

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

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.

If someone comes here illegally, we owe them absolutely nothing.

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

Immigrant rights are civil rights.

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.

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

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.

There's no way you should try to send somebody back who came here as a child with their parents and who's grown up here in the United States. They're Americans.

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

Humanity does not come with citizenship or a green card.

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.

I support comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to full and equal citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are playing by the rules, staying out of trouble and contributing to our economy.

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.

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