The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.
We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.
Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration.
Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses.
I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.
I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.
We can't deny the financial toll illegal immigrants take on our communities.
I think with my heart and I love with my brain
We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens.
The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.
Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.
Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.
We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.
Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.
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.
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.
Madam Speaker, it is time to halt illegal entry into this country. It is time to halt the flow of illegal drugs and weapons into this great Nation, and it is time to secure our borders.
We all learned in kindergarten that the beginning is a very good place to start. As we have this debate on illegal immigration and illegal entry into this country, let's begin at the very beginning by sealing the borders to this great Nation.
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.
