One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

I never wanted to be run of the mill.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'

For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.

The majority of the American people still believe that every single individual in this country is entitled to just as much respect, just as much dignity, as every other individual.

I do not bring any professional knowledge of the issue to bear, but what I do bring to my consideration of immigration is a deepened and highly sensitized feeling with those persons who feel alien in our country. I can feel the strangeness they feel because it is something I have experienced in a different area.