William J. Clinton Immigration Quotations

[It] has a lot of things in it that I like, but I think it's way too hard on financing things from immigrants.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.

Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees from harm. Our solutions rely on working in partnership with States and communities.

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens.

It simply doesn't make any sense for us to have illegal aliens in our custody in our courts and then let them go back to living here illegally. That's wrong and we should stop it.