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" When I first arrived in the U.S. House of Representatives, I naively believed that it was primarily the Democrats who were committed to open borders. But I quickly learned the entire Republican establishment also supported a policy of immigration non-enforcement. "

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" I have been personally victimized by organized disruption of a public lecture on a university campus - at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Michigan State University, and Rhode Island's Providence College, to name only a few. "

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" If you are going to vote in this country, you should be a citizen. To be a citizen in this country, you should know English. "

" What do we know about the diseases carried by illegal aliens? Not much, thanks to government secrecy, but we know enough to be worried. "

" Ignorance is a matter of laziness, indifference, and apathy. "

" That Rubio is an open-borders, Chamber-of-Commerce Republican is undeniable from his record, and when conservatives compare any candidate's campaign promises to his voting record, they believe the record, not the promises. "

" The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. "

" Conservatives have welcomed Trump's attacks on the establishment, have cheered his boldness, and have applauded his courage. He has taken on hitherto taboo issues like immigration enforcement and has demonstrated the hollowness of what passes for conventional wisdom. "

" Our secular culture is adrift in a sea of relativism, escapism, and self-indulgent inanities, with our media and entertainment elites leading the parade. "

" The path chosen by Barack Obama and the Democrat Party is the road to 'small-c- communism' - and the important thing to understand is that they are quite happy with that choice. "

" We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for. "

" Immigration is not going to be a 'side issue' in 2016 - it is the issue. "

" I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours. "

" Unlike the Vietnam boat people or Cuban refugees after Castro came to power, the U.S. has no moral responsibility for the chaos in Syria. In fact, just the opposite is the case. "

" In fact, the place where we have indicted more terrorists or potential terrorists, is our Northern border. "

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" Civil disobedience is, in fact, a conservative idea, a few steps short of overt rebellion. It honors the rule of law by insisting on good law and rejecting bad law. "

" It is neither racist nor elitist to say publicly what every rational person believes privately - that if you don't know anything about a subject, you ought not to raise your hand or cast a ballot on the matter. "

" We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. It's in Afghanistan, it's in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and it's in the United States. "

" Rubio is clearly an open-borders Republican. He is the Chamber of Commerce candidate, the 'more is better' candidate, and the amnesty candidate. "

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" To the Left, Islam's anger and hatred of the West is understandable because they have legitimate grievances against us. "

Tom Tancredo

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" Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul. "

" If President Obama or any president ever attempts gun confiscation in America, there should be and will be a second civil war. "

" We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships. "

" It's great that Trump has engendered a heated debate over illegal immigration and our open borders. "

" This issue, if not addressed, leaves any President, including George Bush, open to the criticism that they are essentially ignoring the destruction of the nation and I believe that with all my heart. "

" There is something deeply disturbing about a popular culture that will not forgive the sins of the Confederacy seven generations past but celebrates the teachings and legacies of Che Guevara, Mao Zhe-Dong, and Jeremy Wright. "

" Our Founders were not naive simpletons. They understood that human freedom is a fragile thing, that 'eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.' "

" The necessity of defining the enemy also leads to the necessity of defining who we are. "

" The public health ramifications of our scandalous open borders are possibly even more dangerous and far-reaching than the economic and political consequences. "

" The reality is that we can no longer sleep soundly at night thinking that if we keep the terrorists 'out there,' we are safe inside our homes and offices. That illusion is gone. "

" It takes real courage and conviction to attack the establishment from within and makes waves as big as a tsunami. Ted Cruz has done that - consistently and successfully - on immigration and other issues like Obamacare, voting rights, and the 2nd Amendment. "