#migration

And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English. They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds "joy luck" is not a word, it does not exist. They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation. ↗

— Amy Tan

#concepts #daughters #family #fear #heritage

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#immigration #freedom

God's love for others does not stop at the border; neither should ours. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#immigration #love #unconditional-love #love

Racism. . . . fuelled by bitter assertions that no immigrant ever has the least respect for the environment in his adopted country because he never really believes it's his. ↗

— James Hamilton-Paterson

#respect

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#history #immigration #politics #revolution #united-states

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#caused #countries #creating #flood #great

The Obama administration will continue to fight for a comprehensive immigration solution that includes AgJobs and a stable workforce for our farms. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#comprehensive #continue #farms #fight #immigration

I support legal immigration. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#immigration #legal #legal immigration #support

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#around #because #fair #i #immigration

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#anything #been #brutal #education #fueled