Jan C. Ting Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.”

“The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population.”

“The U.S. immigration system is the most generous in the world, providing each year more green cards for legal permanent residence with a clear path to full citizenship than all the rest of the nations of the world combined.”

“Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient.”

“I personally believe that a democratic society is morally entitled to set and enforce a limit on the number of new immigrants admitted each year.”

“I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position.”

“Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance.”

“Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect and admire immigrants and their undeniable contributions to America, as we all should.”

“If we want to set and enforce a limit on immigration, we have to be willing to say no to would-be immigrants who look a lot like our own ancestors, not because there's anything wrong with them, but simply because admitting them would exceed our legal limit.”

“If we're willing to accept unlimited immigration in order to keep wages low and corporate profits high, we should just say so and stop paying for all the immigration enforcement window dressing.”