#immigrants

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

#attracted #country #culture #economic #economic opportunities

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

#american #aspect #assumed #certainly #concept

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. ↗

— Bob Inglis

#laws #nation

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

— Joe Baca

#allowing #borders #fact #government #homeland

My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#crossing #followed #girl #grandfather #grandmother

People have to stop employing illegal immigrants. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#illegal #illegal immigrants #immigrants #people #stop

If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#barack #barack obama #brought #children #college

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

#even #generation #greatest #greatest thing #immigrant

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders. ↗

— John Linder

#borders #congress #country #demanded #district

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#area #birth #boston #died #either