I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
There is no quick fix for illegal immigration. But only when we achieve better control of our borders and better respect for our immigration laws can we give meaning to the discussion we need to have over reforming the numbers, categories, and procedures for legal immigration into the United States. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
Learning to distinguish the illegal immigrant from the legal immigrant does not solve the problem of illegal immigration. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect and admire immigrants and their undeniable contributions to America, as we all should. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
We should favor young immigrants with many years of work ahead of them. We should favor immigrants who have demonstrated an ability to learn and work using English, which makes their future success more likely. Jan C. Ting Read Quote
