“Critical race theorists will need to take part in the development of new immigration policies that allow a freer flow of workers and capital, while assuring that the new arrivals do not enter on terms that weaken the ability of current workers to unionize and seek workplace reforms.”— Jean Stefancic, Richard Delgado, amazon.com
“In a time in our country when refugee families seek asylum at our borders and are unwillingly separated from one another, we consider the most well-known refugee family in the world. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family.”— Rev Karen Ristine, theguardian.com
“Every one of my positions cuts out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin.”— Mike Bloomberg, inc.com
“Look, there are so many terribly important issues that this country faces, whether it’s healthcare, education, criminal justice, immigration, whatever it may be, but I don’t know how you not talk about whether or not the planet we’re leaving to our kids and our grandchildren will be a healthy and ha…”— Bernie Sanders, theintercept.com
“[the oven bell rings] Mrs. Kersh: I had some cookies I made in the oven before you came. Stay right there. Beverly Marsh: I shouldn’t impose. I’m going to… Mrs. Kersh: No, no, no, no, no, no. I insist. [she goes to get the cookies; Beverly looks at the photos on the wall] Beverly Marsh: Your photos…”— Gary Dauberman, Beverly Marsh, Jessica Chastain, imdb.com
“When a legal immigrant can be deported for the most minor offenses, like omitting information on a form that at the time seemed irrelevant, or forgetting to change one’s address, can all be used as a basis to be uprooted from your home and taken away from your family and children.”— Rashida Tlaib, finalcall.com
“Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such as detention and deportation, for the most minor offenses. Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in…”— Rashida Tlaib, finalcall.com
“What we are, are four women who have an alignment of values, shared policy priorities, who have repeatedly happen to land in the same place on the issue of immigration. That is it. There is no insurgency here. There's nothing conspiratorial.”— Ayanna Pressley, cbsnews.com
“If there are people who have committed serious felonies in the United States who are immigrants or who come to the border, I have always consistently said that—that those people should be apprehended, that they should be deported.”— Julian Castro, cbsnews.com
“You know, I grew up with a grandmother who came from Mexico when she was 7 years old with her little sister because their parents had died. And they came across the border at Eagle Pass, Texas, ended up in the west side of San Antonio. She worked her whole life as a maid, a cook, and a babysitter, b…”— Julian Castro, transcripts.cnn.com
“I don't have an issue with maintaining a secure border. We're always going to do that. What I have an issue with is separating little children from their parents.”— Julian Castro, cbsnews.com
“According to The Times, Constantin was sent to a foster family in Michigan, where he stayed for five months — long enough for him to become so attached to his foster parents that he was despondent when they finally took him back to Romania to be reunited with his birth parents when he was 9 months o…”— Lani Seelinger, bustle.com
“The conversation has to be about the rule of law, respecting our sovereignty, the hundreds of thousands of people crossing illegally, dragging kids across because our laws incentivize that, and the humanitarian crisis that creates.”— Dan Crenshaw, dailywire.com
“We have to give some certainty to these young men and women—some of these young women that have families now—about what is their status in this country. So I think everyone's, you know, kind of dancing around the main topic. But at the end of the day, we're just going to have to come to the realizat…”— Ruben Gallego, npr.org
“We've had a lot of conversations about what we're willing to do. And border security has always been a part of that. You know, what we're not going to do is fund a stupid wall for the sake of saying that we funded a wall, for the sake of, you know, fulfilling the president's ego and, specifically, h…”— Ruben Gallego, npr.org
“I do feel frustrated because I think that we had the best opportunity to pass this when we had it all together at once. And, you know, there's a lot of, you know, talk about taking care of our military. And I think people forget that there is 10,000 DREAMers that are actually in—well, 1,000 that are…”— Ruben Gallego, npr.org
“I'd forgotten what this town is like. What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly? Keep me away from Jim? Stop me from going back to America? Perhaps you didn't even know. Perhaps it was enough for you to know that you could ruin me. My name is Ellis Fiorello.”— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com
“Ellis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland. Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.”— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com
“Patty: There. That's better. Now you don't look like you've just come in from milking the cows. Ellis: Is that what I looked like? Patty: Just a bit. Nice clean cows. Let's go.”— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com
“[instructing new immigrant] You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that…”— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com