Jan C. Ting Quotes & Sayings

“Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety.”

“There is no quick fix for illegal immigration. But only when we achieve better control of our borders and better respect for our immigration laws can we give meaning to the discussion we need to have over reforming the numbers, categories, and procedures for legal immigration into the United States.”

“Technology and robotics are advancing and will reduce the need for workers in the future.”

“If cheap immigrant labor is made unavailable, employers can hire Americans at a higher wage, or replace low-wage immigrant workers with technology and automation, which will create a smaller number of skilled jobs for Americans.”

“Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against the benefits of a better life.”

“Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don't think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that the results will be good. I suspect the results would be a disaster and the end of the American experiment.”

“I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.”

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

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

“All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.”