Quotes from prominent liberals on big issues

such as immigration, strong borders, and others.

- Bernie [2011] :



>"These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now?"





- Bernie [2015] :



>"...climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. "





- Bernie [2016] :



>"When you're white you don't know what it's like to be living in a ghetto, you don't know what it's like to be poor."





- Obama [2008] :



>"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage."





- Obama [2008] :



>"With respect to gay marriage, I do support gay marriage but I support a very strong version of civil unions"





- Obama [2014] :



>"Do not send your children to the borders. If they do make, they'll get sent back. More importantly, they may not make it."





- Hillary Clinton [2014] :



>"I voted numerous times when I was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in and I do think you have to control your borders."





- Bernie Sanders [2007] :



>"If poverty is increasing and if wages are going down, I don't know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive waged down even lower than they are now"





- Democratic Party's official platform [1996] :



>"We cannot tolerate illegal immigration and we must stop it. For years [...] Washington talked tough but failed to act [...] Our borders might as well not have existed. The border was under-patrolled, and what patrols there were, were under-equipped. Drugs flowed freely. Illegal immigration was rampant. Criminal immigrants, deported after committing crimes in America, returned the very next day to commit crimes again."





- Harry Reid [1993] :



>"If making it easy to be an illegal alien isn't enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal alien? No sane country would do that, right?"





- Chuck Schumer [2009] :



>"When we use phrases like 'undocumented workers' we convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration"





- Obama [2008] :



>"The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when companies hire undocumented immigrants instead of legal citizens to avoid paying overtime or to avoid a union..."





- Obama [2005] :



>"We simply cannot allow people to pour into the U.S. undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country."





- Bill Clinton [1995] :



>"All Americans, not only in the States most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers."





- Chuck Schumer [2009] :



>"People who enter the United States without our permission are illegal aliens and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who entered the U.S. legally."





- Obama [2010] :



>"When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security."





- Obama [2010] :



>"We are a nation of laws and we are a nation of immigrants, and we can reconcile those two things. So we need comprehensive reform, and that means stronger border security."





- Nancy Pelosi [2008] :



>"While we need to address the issue of immigration and the challenge we have of undocumented people in our country. We certainly don't want more coming in."





- Obama [2005] :



>"But those who enter the country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law."





- Bill Clinton [1995] :



>"We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it"





- Obama [2013] :



>"Real reform means strong border security, and we can build on the progress my Administration has already made - putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history, and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years.



>Real reform means establishing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship - a path that includes passing a background check, paying taxes and a meaningful penalty, learning English, and going to the back of the line behind the folks trying to come here legally."





- Dianne Feinstein campaign ad [1994] :



>"While Congressman Huffington voted against new border guards, Dianne Feinstein led the fight to stop illegal immigration."





- Obama [2007] :



>"The time to fix our broken immigration system is now... We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace..."





- Chuck Schumer [2009] :



>"First, illegal immigration is wrong ... and a primary goal of comprehensive immigration reform must be to dramatically curtail future illegal immigration."





- Dianne Feinstein [1993] :



>"In Mexico there is no welfare there is no AFTC, there is no SSI, there is no Medicaid, there is no Social Security, there is no Medicare, and there is 58 cent an hour min wage. Mexico does nothing to enforce its border. It is my view, that if we are going to have a North American Free Trade Agreement that Mexico must do its share. Because the days when America could be the welfare system for Mexico is gone - we simply can't afford it. It's over $2 billion dollars in California alone. "





- Chuck Schumer [2009] :



>"Illegal immigration is wrong. A primary goal of comprehensive immigration reform must be to dramatically curtail future illegal immigration. Operational control of our borders, through significant additional increases in infrastructure, technology and border personnel must be achieved [...] we must discourage businesses from using our immigration laws as a means to obtain temporary and less expensive foreign labor to replace capable American workers. We must create a system that converts the current flow of primarily low skill illegal immigrants into the United States into a more manageable and controlled flow of legal immigrants who can be absorbed by our economy."





- Hillary Clinton [2014] :



>"But we have to send a clear message - just because your child gets across the border that doesn't mean your child gets to stay"





- Obama [2008] :



>"Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."





- Loretta Lynch [2017] :



>"I know that this is a time of great fear and uncertainty for so many people. I know it's a time of concern for people who see our rights being assailed, being trampled on, and even being rolled back. I know that this is difficult, but I remind you that this has never been easy. We have always had to work to move this country forward to achieve the great ideals of our founding fathers. And it has been people, individuals who have banded together, ordinary people who simply saw what needed to be done and came together and supported those ideals, who have made the difference. They've marched, they've bled - yes, some of them have died. This is hard. Every good thing is. We have done this before; we can do this again ."





- Eric Holder [2018] :



>Atty General Eric Holder : Michelle always says, When they (republicans) go low we go high"

>Crowd joining in : we go high

>Atty General Eric Holder : No no, when they go low, we kick them

>Crowd : laughter and applause

>Atty General Eric Holder : [serious face, not smiling] :











