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.'

I never wanted to be run of the mill.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

...for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.

It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.

Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.

Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.