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I think what we need to do is to have an immigration system where legal immigration is easier.

If we build the legal immigration system better, then they come here, and we'll have a whole lot less illegal immigration.

Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African-American and Latino workers. We are going to have an immigration system that works, but one that works for the American people.

But my view is that you need a system at the border. You need some fencing but you need technology. You need boots on the ground. And then you need to have interior enforcement of our nation's immigration laws inside the country. And that means dealing with the employers who still consistently hire illegal labor.

Next, we will create a modern immigration law.

And we'll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy!

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.

As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize.

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.