Migrant Quotes

You've got to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from eastern Canada: people who live in ghettoes and who are not integrated into western Canadian society. - Stephen Harper

You're not going to get a big plus for being friendly toward illegal immigrants or a big minus for being unfriendly. - Maurice Carroll

You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant trying to save up to bring the rest of his family over. - Auday Arabo

You can't legislate away the demand that this country has for immigrant workers. Too many businesses in too many industries have become dependent on this source of labor. - Wayne Cornelius

You can't blame the immigrant. All he's looking to do is improve life for his family, so he will take these jobs that Americans can't or won't do for slave wages. - Mike Allen

You can only march so many times. Immigrants have come of age and it's time to settle the problem. - Juan Gutierrez

Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans. - Malcolm Wallop

Would people still use the same demeaning language talking about European gypsies or immigrants? It is fundamentally an old, 19th-century throwback to the idea that that these people are somehow like our ancestors, or backward. It conveys that they are somehow not as intelligent as we are; that they haven't progressed as far as we have. It is fundamentally a colonial mentality. - Stephen Corry

Workers forget to ask for permission and bosses don't quite get the importance of these rallies. In general, most companies don't want to be at odds with the immigrant community and they certainly do not want to have a negative focus placed on them now. - Tim Bell