Mike Coffman Quotes

You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.

We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

The illegal immigrants may have broken the law, but we have been complicit.

You can’t fix legal immigration until you fix illegal immigration.

We need to be talking about things like the DREAM Act. We need to also be talking about e-verify. We also need to be talking about border security.

We need legal immigration as an alternative to illegal immigration and a way of getting the millions of unauthorized immigrants already here to get legal and get in compliance with our laws.

MAVNI was never intended to be utilized for the benefit of illegal aliens.

The first thing we need is for President Obama to finally enforce current immigration law and strengthen our borders. To take up any other agenda is bad policy for the American people and bad politics for Republicans.

I support DACA, which prevents the deportation of undocumented immigrants who came to America as children. Congress should cement this program into law by supporting the DREAM Act, which has overwhelming bipartisan support.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.

As Congress continues to debate ways to address illegal immigration, we must remember the many hard-working legal immigrants that contribute so much to our nation's economy and culture.

The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population.

Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them.

While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here.

In the state of Alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state as occurred in Arizona after they got tough on illegal aliens.

Comprehensive immigration reform would reduce the deficit and help grow the economy.

Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are going to produce more than they are going to consume, but the bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more of our tax resources than they generate.

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration.