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- End heartless policy of family separation at southern border. (Jun 2018)
- Are we going to ban Muslims from India & Indonesia? (Jan 2016)
- When students ask questions in Spanish, I answer in Spanish. (Sep 2015)
- My wife is Mexican and she wants a wall on Mexican border. (Sep 2015)
- OpEd: Vigorously booed as moderate, by deep conservatives. (Aug 2015)
- Eliminate sanctuary cities, plus more enforcement. (Aug 2015)
- Immigrants are an engine of economic vitality. (Jan 2015)
- OpEd: Disagrees with Tea Party on immigration and education. (Dec 2014)
- OpEd: Rational sympathy rather than economic logic. (Apr 2014)
- Immigration is 'not a felony' but 'an act of love'. (Apr 2014)
- Immigrants are committed to family, even if illegally here. (Apr 2014)
- FactCheck: Yes, immigrants are more fertile. (Jun 2013)
- People come illegally because there's no legal path to come. (Mar 2013)
- Limit family reunification: no siblings nor parents. (Mar 2013)
- Treat illegals with compassion but also rule of law. (Mar 2013)
- To become citizen, pass exam in English and civic history. (Mar 2013)
- Illegals can't "wait in line"; there is no line to wait in. (Mar 2013)
- Objections to more multiracial America are misplaced. (Mar 2013)
- GOP wooed Hispanics in 2004; but alienated them by 2012. (Jun 2012)
- 1980s: Voter registration for 88,000 naturalized Hispanics. (Feb 2007)
- Speaks Spanish; husband and father of Hispanics. (Feb 2007)
Comprehensive Reform
- Show compassion to illegals with a path to legal status. (Feb 2016)
- We need practical plan; not possible to deport 11M illegals. (Nov 2015)
- Prove border is secure, while doing comprehensive reform. (Sep 2015)
- Earned legal status, not amnesty. (Aug 2015)
- There is no plan to deport 11 million people. (Feb 2015)
- 2009: favored deportation; 2012: favored path to citizenship. (Feb 2015)
- Supports DREAM Act, but not via executive action. (Feb 2015)
- Illegal immigration is act of love: different kind of crime. (Apr 2014)
- Advocate for residency for illegal immigrants. (Mar 2014)
- My plan is legalization, not self-deportation. (Mar 2013)
- Path to citizenship or path to legalization: both could work. (Mar 2013)
- Reform must make it easier to come legally than illegally. (Mar 2013)
- 6-part proposal for comprehensive immigration reform. (Mar 2013)
- There is no realistic pathway to citizenship for most people. (Mar 2013)
- Path to legal resident status: pay fines & no criminals. (Mar 2013)
- Secure border as component of reform, not as prerequisite. (Mar 2013)
- Education reform more critical than immigration reform. (Jan 2011)
- Pray for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, not AZ law. (Apr 2010)
- Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
- Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
- Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)
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