The House won't go along with any bill with any amnesty. We're not going to end up with a bill on the president's desk. |
The league really helped our national team out. |
The president has Richard Nixon levels of popularity right now. He's just in no position to push Congress around. |
The president is in enough trouble with his base. |
The problem is Congress bans the employment of illegal aliens but bases the verification on pieces of paper and plastic. It's almost designed to create business for document fraud. It's almost designed to create business for document fraud. |
The professional opportunities for soccer players are very limited in America. There isn't a pro league here for women, and MLS is still pretty small, so you have to make sure a school is a good fit academically. If you want to be a physical therapist, and a school doesn't offer the courses you need to become certified, is it worth it to go there? It's a question of compatibility first and foremost. |
the right approach because it focuses on enforcement first. |
There clearly seems to be a higher profile for immigration this year nationwide. |
There has never been a public opinion poll that indicates Americans want more immigration. Obviously, if the public were asked ... they'd say no to doubling legal immigration. |
There has never been a public-opinion poll that indicates [a majority of] Americans want more immigration. |
There were players on the Olympic team like Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Heather Mitts who were not on the national team right out of college, |
There's definitely a huge gap between the elite and public perceptions on immigration. |
There's no question that illegal immigration, that unskilled immigration of all kinds, is a losing proposition. |
These startup groups suggest an increasing sophistication in the immigration debate. |
These young players coming out of their clubs and high schools want to know they have a chance to get to their national teams (by playing here). We felt we could say that with all certainty before, but now it makes the claim even stronger. |