'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet. But the thing that I like the most about the metaphor is that it can be scaled to suit almost any scenario.
Partial legalization, as some are suggesting, is a dangerous path, and we need only look at France and Germany to see how unwise it is to create a permanent underclass.
What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.
A federal appellate circuit looked at what [Barak] Obama was doing and said he can't do it. Immigration law is settled.
And I think for some - not all - but for some Democrats, the issue of immigration is better politically if they just leave it the way it is now because they can use it against Republicans.
The American people love immigration. They just want it obeyed. They want the laws obeyed. They want there to be assimilation.
I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.
I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution.
I support legal immigration.
Canada has an immigration policy you might want to emulate. They want more skilled and educated immigrants. In fact, that's all they take. But, see, since nobody's watching them, and they're not a superpower, nobody really cares. So they are allowed to act in their best interests.
According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.
[Donald Trump] can do it [build the wall] by executive order by just re-programming money within the within the Immigration Service.
We're in a mess in America, and it's because of what you think. We're in a mess because of your party. We're in a mess, Mrs. Clinton, because you've been there. You were responsible for this economy. You're responsible our foreign policy. You're responsible for the massive illegal immigration.
The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it.
What they are doing is disarming in the battle to stop illegal drugs and illegal aliens.
Immigration is an organized replacement of our population. This threatens our very survival. We don't have the means to integrate those who are already here. The result is endless cultural conflict.
Not only in Canada but in other countries where we have to rely on immigration for our growth, the question of coexistence of values in communities is important. It has to be dealt with.
If I could, I'd go city by city, county by county, town by town, and talk to people to explain to them what immigration is really about - that this is not about me, this is not about us, this is not about us taking something from you. This is not about us being a threat to you. This is not about Democrat or Republican, and this is not really about border security. But in some ways our politics, and in many ways our politicians, have gotten in the way.
My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.
Our asylum system is sick.