Recently immigration has become front and center in American politics. Massive demonstrations across the country underscore the passion surrounding the issue.
Janet Murguía
"We can find a practical solution to this issue that secures our border. But I think some people are banking that this could be a political issue, and are using it as some sort of political football as opposed to trying to just get a solution."
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Janet Murguía
National Council of La Raza President
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Jonathan Alter
"Using military might against people who all they're doing is seeking a better life...could have serious consequences for the Republican efforts to woo the Hispanic vote."
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Jonathan Alter
Newsweek Senior Editor
Monday, May 15, 2006
Maria Elena Salinas
"You only hear legislators or some in the media attack immigrants and accuse them of all the ills of this country. And rarely do we have an opportunity to hear the other side; to hear the human side of the immigration issue."
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Maria Elena Salinas
Univision Anchor
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Sonia Nazario
"People do not come to the United States, and leave everything they know to come to a foreign place where they can't speak the language, on a whim. They do it out of desperation and, until that's addressed in these countries, the flow will continue and it will increase."
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Sonia Nazario
Los Angeles Times Reporter
Friday, March 31, 2006
Sen. Bill Frist
"When you have over a million people arrested along our southwest borders last year, but two and a half million people coming across illegally last year, something is wrong."
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Sen. Bill Frist
U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Dolores Huerta
"This immigration bill, the Sensenbrenner bill, it's just so onerous. This bill makes being in this country, undocumented, without legal residence, a felony. "
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Dolores Huerta
The United Farmworker's Union Co-founder
Monday, March 27, 2006
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