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#immigrants

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My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.


Ernest Istook


#america #around #backgrounds #bilingual #come

Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were known as '£10 poms.' Back then, the Australian government was trying to get educated British people and Canadians - to be honest, educated white people - to come and live in Australia.


Hugh Jackman


#australian #back #born #both #british

Whenever he is discouraged, I tell him that if I can survive on three continents, then there is no obstacle he cannot conquer. While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world for nearly thirty years. I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.


Jhumpa Lahiri


#inspiration #home

Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.


Mara Liasson


#because #brought #changing #children #decision

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room.


Eric Liu


#became #become #citizens #citizenship #conference

I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.


Marvin Olasky


#immigrants #know #number #right

That should be our test regarding immigrants. Those who come to America to tear it down or live off of others should not be welcomed.


Marvin Olasky


#come #down #immigrants #live #off

It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.


Luis Gutierrez


#america #bit #came #fear #immigrants

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.


Martin Lewis Perl


#did #higher #immigrants #many #parents

We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line.


Rupert Murdoch


#certainly #consistent #employ #fox #immigrants






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