Ira Mehlman Illegal Quotations

If the federal government isn't going to do the job and Arizona is footing billions of dollars a year for illegal aliens, it makes sense for the state to get involved.

That's the reason we have large-scale illegal immigration: because we send a clear message that there are no negative consequences to breaking our immigration laws. And if you persevere long enough, you are going to get what you want.

Most Americans feel it doesn't make any sense for people to come into the country illegally, give birth and have a new U.S. citizen. But the advocates for illegal immigrants will make a fuss; they'll claim you're punishing the children, and I suspect the leadership doesn't want to deal with that.

Stopping illegal immigration doesn't happen entirely at the border.

It's interesting that the rest of us didn't get a day off from paying for services. We've got only a partial picture what life would be like if we didn't have millions of illegal immigrants here.