Russell Pearce

“They're coming here to have a baby, it's called a 'drop and leave'. You drop the baby, and you leave.”

“If you are here illegally, we will make your life miserable.”

“I will not back down from my belief that we must stop the bleeding of our state and country from the hemorrhaging of illegal immigration.”

“This is a jobs bill. It's a bill to give jobs back to legal Arizonans.”

“I am going to get a bill passed that says we can’t give them citizenship, we can’t give them driver’s licenses, we can’t give them welfare, and we’re going to get them out of our schools.”

“We are a nation of laws, and we must enforce them.”

“The real racists are the people who are fighting to keep this country from being a country of law and order.”

“It's attrition through enforcement. We're going to make it so difficult for you to live here that you will self-deport.”

“I am a lawmaker, not a lawbreaker.”

“We are being invaded. This is an invasion of our country.”

“I have said it before, and I will say it again: The federal government has failed us.”

“There's no such thing as a right to be here illegally.”

“I'm proud of my record. I'm proud of what I've done for the state of Arizona.”