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“People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American.”

People World Country States Nations Voice United United States Successful Immigrants Friendly Assets Coincidence Prosperous Liability

Author:Grover Norquist

“My whole family has been having trouble with immigrants ever since we came to this country.”

Has Beens Country Whole Trouble Immigration Immigrants Whole Family

Author:Yip Harburg

“They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a Native American, that number is more like 300 million.”

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Author:David Letterman

“It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year.... Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?”

People Years Believe Country Running America Alive Kissing Wave Immigrants Arriving Horde

Book:Homer & Langley: A Novel

Source: Homer & Langley: A Novel

“It is, of course, clear that a country with a large foreign population must endeavour, through its schools, to assimilate the children of immigrants. It is, however, unfortunate that a large part of this process should be effected by means of a somewhat blatant nationalism.”

Should Mean Children Country School Courses Process Clear Population Nationalism Immigrants Unfortunate Endeavour

Book:In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

Source: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

“I think the American people have a generous instinct. They understand that we're a nation of immigrants. But if those folks are going to live in this country, they have to be put on a pathway to citizenship that involves them paying a fine, making sure that they are at the back of the line and not cutting in front of people who applied legally to come into the country.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival.”

Country Immigrants Arrivals Newcomers

Book:Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

Source: Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest

“We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.”

People World Want Country Dream Kids Nations Risk Talent Willing Bigger Around The World Immigrants Bigger Dreams

Author:Barack Obama

“Superheroes are also about immigrants. Superman, the prototype of all superheroes, is a prototypical immigrant. His homeland was in crisis, so his parents sent him to America in search of a better life. He has two names, one American, Clark Kent, and the other foreign, Kal-El. He wears two sets of clothes and lives in between two cultures. He loves his new country, but a part of him still longs for his old one.”

Stills Two Book Country America Culture Names Parent Clothes Crisis Comic Immigrants Comic Book Superhero Better Life Homeland Prototype Kent Two Cultures

Author:Gene Luen Yang