#migrant

He had come to America, haven of peace and liberty, and it, too, was joining the slaughter, fighting for the big capitalists. There was no peace for men, only murder, cruelty, brutality. ↗

— James T. Farrell

#world-war-i #young-adults #men

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#britain #cannot #contributed #hugely #immigrants

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#american workers #cheap #competition #every #foreign

The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavor and a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people today as it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#immigrants #life

The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs, many of them happy to be paid in cash, free of federal and state taxes. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#cash #construction #eager #federal #fill

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#chance #country #decided #gave #i

Illegal immigrants are using our resources, taking our jobs, filling our schools, our hospitals and our prisons, and we are paying for it all. ↗

— Dan Benishek

#hospitals #illegal #illegal immigrants #immigrants #jobs

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#america #cherish #hate #immigrants #love

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny. ↗

— Will Eisner

#been #day #different #funny #historically

I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually, it's, 'I'm an immigrant, I came here and got persecuted.' My story is I came here, I worked hard, and it worked out all right. So it's still available. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#available #been #came #good #got