#migrant

And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. ↗

— Julian Castro

#because #called #deportation #dreamers #generation

My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#america #been #belief #board #creativity

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

Find the beauty in everyone and everything, everyday! Roxanne Catherine Mapp ↗

— Roxanne Catherine Mapp

#designing-women #immigrant #island #poetry #trinidad-tobago

The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa. ↗

— Otto Schily

#attacks #committed #community #immigrants #local

He found himself smiling and talking politely to people who desired to show their respect and admiration for his uniform-instead of ignoring them and turning away. His sense of separation from and annoyance with these men and women who talked so glibly of war and who had not the faintest notion of what war was ebbed away; and he began to accept the fact that to chatter nonsense with neither knowledge nor perception was the ordinary manner of mankind. ↗

— Howard Fast

#the-immigrants #family

These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! Who would want to stay? Cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? In a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. Just tolerated. Like you are an animal finally house-trained. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#immigration #tolerance #food

CRUEL HARVEST by Fran Elizabeth Grubb is a compelling, riveting, unforgetable memoir that will keep you turning the pages. Published by Thomas Nelson and due for release August 2012. Kidnapped from an orphanage Frances is dragged across the country working in the fields. Youtubefrangrubb to see video book trailer. ↗

— Fran Elizabeth Grubb

#christian #inspirational #kidnapped #migrants #romance

I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#come #i #immigrant #myself #road

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