“I have a lot of rage about things that didn't happen to me, tied up with watching an immigrant, working-class father struggle to make his way through the world - and seeing how society was modeled to keep him in his place.” WorldWayHappensFatherClassStruggleSeeingRageImmigrantsTiedWorking ClassTied Up Author:Dennis Lehane
“My father left Nazi Germany a year after Dr. Kissinger, and so in my household he was very much an icon. He was a kind of immigrant success story, a refugee success story.” YearsKindStoriesFatherLeftGermanyImmigrantsHouseholdDrsNaziRefugeeIconsNazi GermanySuccess StoriesKissinger Author:Eugene Jarecki
“I'm a full-blooded Mexican. My mother was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and my father - the son of Mexican immigrants - was born near Fresno, California.” MotherFatherBornSonCaliforniaImmigrantsMexicoMexican Author:Michael Trevino
“I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.” FatherTeacherIntellectualDoctorsGermanyImmigrantsPreacherGrandfatherBusinessmanSmall BusinessMy GrandfatherAbolitionist Author:Pete Seeger
“I have a very hyper-sensitive sister, and when she saw in the papers the next day that I had proclaimed myself the daughter of an immigrant, she didn't like it at all, and was with difficulty deterred from writing to the press that my father might be an immigrant, but not hers.” WritingMightNextFatherSawsPaperDaughterDifficultyPressesSensitiveImmigrantsNext DayPapersHyper Author:Margaret Case Harriman