#migrants

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world? ↗

— James Hillman

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Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

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In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders. ↗

— Joe Baca

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Unlicensed illegal immigrants drive on our roads and interstates without insurance, and there is little that our law enforcement officials can do to stop them. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

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I'm from a lower middle class background; all my family were immigrants. ↗

— Billy Corgan

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The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

#creed #democratic #democratic party #every #immigrants

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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