Jose Serrano Quotes

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

We must honor our country’s tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

We must do everything in our power to keep families together, and to use common sense in our immigration laws. Children deserve better than to lose a parent because of an inflexible law.

Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today’s world – especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given.