Marc Veasey Quotes

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

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.

We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

Our immigration system is broken.

Our immigration system is broken.

Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.

I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.

We must fix our immigration system so we control who comes and goes, and that starts by securing our southern border.

Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.

We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.

Our goal should be to protect our borders and our national security, while instituting humane policies that reflect our values as a nation of immigrants.

First and foremost, immigration is important to me. I think immigration has implications for everything else that is done. So securing the border, that would be priority one for me. That is, to me, most important.

My position here is that conservatives need a realistic approach to immigration that best serves and preserves our country's status and identity as a relatively high-functioning, at least for now, Western and First World nation. That status will not automatically maintain itself. It is fragile. It is precarious and vulnerable to erosion.

Even if we were able to agree on an ideal set of immigration laws, enforcing such laws in the face of hundreds of thousands of cases is impossible in practice.

We are a nation of borders and - I mean, that is one of the main things that the federal government is in charge with, and that is protecting the citizens of the United States and our whole nation.

People think my position is this horrifying, scary, harsh position to say we need to protect our borders and that people cannot illegally enter our nation. This isn't my opinion - this is the law.

We cannot sustain illegal immigration in perpetuity. It will not work for our country.

Congress has an obligation to make controversial decisions on how to handle undocumented immigration. Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have refused to take the tough votes on the issue for decades. Whether it's been to take advantage of cheap labor or for political purposes, both sides are guilty.

Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.

There is no way that anyone who - besides the folks that want to plain ignore facts - there's no way that anyone can say that by building that wall we are not going to accomplish a more secure border. It's just proven. We can do this.

I would like to get immigration enforcement right. I think that there is a problem there, and it needs some really careful analysis and a brutal look at who's doing what and who's got what powers where.

We need to secure our southern border. Clearly, the southern border is now a nexus between immigration and national security. It's a sieve.

Immigration and border security are two separate issues, but Paul Ryan has taken the wrong side on both of those, in fact.