“We are only going to admit individuals into our country who support our values, and we’re not going to issue visas where adequate screening cannot take place. We will also seek to join in partnership with any nation that wishes to join us in defeating and destroying ISIS.”— Donald Trump, heavy.com
“A Trump Administration will establish a clear principle that will govern all decisions pertaining to immigration: we should only admit into this country those who share our values and respect our people.”— Donald Trump, politico.com
“My opponent supports Sanctuary Cities. But where was the Sanctuary for Kate Steinle? Where was the Sanctuary for the children of Laura, Michelle, Sabine and Jamiel? Where was the Sanctuary for every other parent who has suffered so horribly?”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year.”— Jeff Sessions, politifact.com
“Syrian refugees are the threats? No. The biggest threat to our society is the white male ego.”— Dylan Goldberg, twitter.com
“And beyond that — this election will say something about who we are as a people. Donald Trump believes in the worst of us. He thinks we’re fearful, not confident. That we favor division, not unity; walls, not bridges; and yesterday, not tomorrow. He thinks the only way forward is to go back to a pas…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“The King of Debt has no real plan for making college debt payable back or making college debt free, this is a crisis that affects so many of our people. He has no credible plan for rebuilding our infrastructure, apart from the wall that he wants to build. Personally I’d rather spend our money on reb…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Instead of causing large-scale misery and shrinking our economy, we should pass sensible immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Because the youth, the youth and diversity of our workforce is one of our greatest assets. Most of the rest of the world that we compete with is aging, so by stayin…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Latino support of Trump is almost what I call social schizophrenia. That’s when you should understand that this movement is so totally against your own interest, however, you don’t have the common sense, the self-worth or the knowledge to see things the way they are.”— Mona Llamas, latimes.com
“Robin Abcarian: Trump's rhetoric about Mexicans doesn’t bother you? Mary Jennings: It’s about illegal aliens! Mom and I can’t go to Canada and just squat and get benefits. We couldn’t go to Mexico either without the proper paperwork. They’d put us in jail!”— Robin Abcarian, latimes.com
“A great wall on our southern border must be built. It needs beautiful doors in it to welcome LEGAL immigration, but the flood of illegal immigrants must end.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I believe in always putting the interests of American citizens first— always. There aren’t any second or third places. That level of commitment is what has been missing for so long in our foreign policy, in our trade policy, in our immigration policy. Somewhere we started worrying too much about wha…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Affordable health care? Here’s my word— and I never go back on my word: Obamacare needs to be repealed ASAP— and replaced with something far better. Immigration reform? Has anybody been more of a leader on this issue than me? My plan is simple: We build a wall and take back control of our country. M…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“My immigration policy is actually pretty simple. We need to make changes to our laws to make it easier for those people who can contribute to this country to come here legally while making it impossible for criminal elements and other people to get here illegally.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Citizenship is not a gift we can afford to keep giving away, and I will find a legal way of stopping this policy.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The original purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, following the Civil War, was to guarantee all rights granted to citizens in the Constitution to freed slaves. No serious historian could possibly interpret any of the supporting language in the Congressional Record that th…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com