- Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes. — Jeb Bush
- When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We’ve got more security resources at the border – more National Guard, more border guards, you name it – than the previous administration. So we’ve ramped up significantly the issue of border security. — Barack Obama
- I have been for border security for years. I voted for border security in the United States Senate. And my comprehensive immigration reform plan of course includes border security. — Hillary Clinton
- Technology has revolutionized the way we do our things, the Customs are not exempted, we need a legislative framework that is more flexible, that allows us to infuse technological solution innovations into our border operations. — Bashir Adewale Adeniyi
- Since problems spill across borders, security anywhere depends on sustainable development everywhere. — Ban Ki-moon
- If we want to boost border security, we have to help law enforcement agencies beef up their resources to meet this demand. We cannot have one without the other. — Henry Cuellar
- Border security is a safety issue. — Heather Wilson
- You hear some people talk about border security and a wall and all that. To me, I don’t know that you need any of that if you had a better, saner way to let people into the country in the first place. — Scott Walker
- Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants’ rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment. — Ban Ki-moon
- Border security is imperative for national security, public safety and economic success of communities. — Young Kim
- Taking care of a border security is one of the issues that government has to manage. It is not to be politicised to win votes and gain sympathy. — Urmila Matondkar
- Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security. — Randy Neugebauer
- Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law. — Cory Gardner
- But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that – it’s like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you’re going to let in the front door. — Henry Bonilla
- Yes, there should be tough border security. Yes, there should be foolproof ID cards, with biometrics, for Social Security and employment purposes. — Lawrence Kudlow
- We must pursue immigration reform – it’s something we have to do, something that starts with border security. — Cory Gardner
- And so border security is not simply preventing people from getting in, but very often preventing somebody from leaving for the wrong reasons. — Jeh Johnson
- People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it’s very simple: border security is national security. — Kirstjen Nielsen
- When you have a system that increases border security funding by about 300 percent, and it only increases funding for immigration courts by 70 percent, you have a disaster. — Marc Veasey
- Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation. — Kirstjen Nielsen
- I don’t have a problem with enhanced border security, perhaps including fencing. I think the mistake is believing that border security is as simple as just putting up a wall from sea to shining sea. — Pete Buttigieg
- If we are going to be compassionate, we have to have stricter border security and laws. — Paula White
- We need to believe that we can achieve progress in fixing our broken immigration system, prioritizing smart border security investments, cracking down on those who are trafficking and smuggling, and relieving the ongoing humanitarian crisis at our southern border. — Abigail Spanberger
- What we have to quit talking about is the border wall. We need border security. — Jacky Rosen
- Boundaries are not walls; they’re portals and you decide who comes and goes into your sacred territory. ― Toni Sorenson