Notable Immigration Quotes...

John Jay:

"Providence has been pleased to give this
one connected country to one united people
. . . descended from the same ancestors,
speaking the same language, attached to the same
principles of government, very similar in
their manners and customs, and who . . .
fighting side by side throughout a long
and bloody war, have nobly established
their general liberty and independence."
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"In the book of Nehemiah (Chapter 4), we learn that border security is so important that the people of Jerusalem were told to rebuild the wall "with a tool in one hand, and a sword in the other hand". Christians are supposed to be charitable, but not foolish. If someone comes to your door and asks for water, give them water -- and food, and a coat, if they need it. But, if someone breaks into your house, you don't adopt them!" -- Tom Kovach - Candidate for Congress, 5th Dist. TN


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"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1919 in a letter to the American Defense Society, 10 years after his presidency.


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FYI June 6, 1944

On June 6, 1944, American, British, and Canadian forces totaling about 200,000 men, stormed the beaches of Normandy in what has been called the largest invasion in history. On May 1, 2006, foreign nationals and their Quisling supporters, yelling in foreign languages (mostly Mexican/Spanglish), marching under foreign flags (mostly Mexican) stormed the streets of Los Angeles with forces totaling an estimated 500,000 people, 2-1/2 times as many as we put ashore in 1944. Someone please tell me how anyone can think we are not being invaded.
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"A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American, and the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is not a worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes." Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President


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"As a nation with a long history of immigration and commitment to the rule of law, this country must set limits on who can enter and then credibly enforce our immigration law."
U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform (1995)


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Ben Franklin said this:

"...Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion..."


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"Americans should be told that diseases long eradicated in this country – tuberculosis, leprosy, polio, for example – and other extremely contagious diseases have been linked directly to illegals," Rep. J.D. Hayworth, R-Ariz., told the Business Journal of Phoenix. "For example, in 40 years, only 900 persons were afflicted by leprosy in the U.S.; in the past three years, more than 7,000 cases have been presented."
May 22, 2005 WND

"First, our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same.... Secondly, the ethnic mix will not be upset…. Contrary to the charges in some quarters, [the bill] will not inundate America with immigrants from any one country or area." - Ted Kennedy (D-MA) assuring voters in 1965 that the passage of the Immigration Act could not change America's ethnic balance.



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"...If liberals think Iraqis are genetically incapable of pulling off even the most rudimentary form of democracy, why do they believe 50 million Mexicans will magically become good Americans, imbued in the nation's history and culture, upon crossing the Rio Grande? Maybe we should dunk Iraqis in the Rio and see what happens...." - Ann Coulter