Immigration Quotes
[Immigration] has been an elixir for the economy. They have rejuvenated our workforce and made it much more mobile.
- Peter Spencer
[House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said he preferred to move incrementally, starting with a crackdown on illegal immigration.] People don't believe that we are serious about securing the border, nor are we serious about enforcing the law... It probably makes more sense to do a border security bill and a law enforcement bill before we get into a guest worker discussion.
- Tom DeLay
[He noted that under the federal system, local police departments that want to be involved in immigration enforcement may go through a training process that allows them to become] deputies ... is further indication that Congress intended to preclude any local efforts which are unauthorized or based on other than federal law.
- Customs Enforcement
[But when it was time to aim for the White House, it was crucial that he get the tax music exactly right; the whole strategy depended on it, and not just for winning the primaries. If conservatives came to think Bush was an ardent tax cutter, they would be willing to let him roam much closer to the center on just about everything else to win the heart of independents.] He moved the party on immigration and education... but no Republican could have abandoned tax cuts and won the primary, or the general.
- Grover Norquist
[Against that backdrop, the budget impasse that has kept Congress from ending this year's session continued Sunday. Congress passed another one-day extension of stopgap funding to keep the government running while negotiators tried to narrow their many remaining differences with the White House on issues of education, immigration and tax policy. But Republicans said they were prepared to fight with President Clinton until the eve of the election--] if that's what it takes... This Week.
- Trent Lott
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