“John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in the Western [United States]; the perfidy of banks in foreclosing on poor people's homes; and the insurgent urge of the book's protagonist, Tom Joad, to speak truth to police power. 'Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy,' Tom promises, 'I'll be there.' In Salinas, Calif., Ferguson, Mo., or Staten Island, N.Y., Tom's truth goes marching on.” PeopleBookStatesHomeDreamTodayGuySpeakPoorUnitedUnited StatesLandPromiseConcernPoliceWesternSeekingIslandsUrgesImmigrantsTomsCopPoor PeopleTrailsWrathMexicanGrapesSpeak The TruthProtagonistsInsurgentPromised LandFergusonPolice PowerPerfidyMarching On Author:Richard Corliss
“In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival.” LandAliensImmigrantsArrivals Author:Rudolf Arnheim
“From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today.” FirstsI CanTodayAmericaSpiritFeetLandPossibilityOfficeFirst TimeWindowEightGoldenImmigrantsGrandparentBostonLimitlessHarborsStairsGreat GrandparentsLimitless Possibilities Author:Edward Kennedy
“I invoke that sense of the particulars of that kind of literal travel and what that has meant historically in terms of diasporas, in terms of the migrations of immigrants coming to this [U.S.] country with a real vision of finding the promised land.” KindRealCountryTermVisionLandFindingsImmigrantsLiteralMigrationInvokePromised LandDiaspora Author:Anne Waldman
“For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to generations of immigrants. One of these immigrants was a poet-writer named Ameen Rihani. Gazing at her lamp held high, he wondered whether her sister might be erected in the lands of his Arab forefathers. Here is how he put it: "When will you turn your face toward the East, oh Liberty?"” WorldHas BeensInspirationMightAmericaFacesTurnsLibertyGreaterGenerationsLandPoetEastSymbolsImmigrantsYour FaceLampsStatuesGazingForefathersStatue Of Liberty Author:George W. Bush
“The United States, a land of immigrants from every corner of the world, has been strengthened and unified because its newcomers have historically chosen ultimately to forgo their native language for the English language. We have all benefited from the sharing of ideas, of cultures and beliefs, made possible by a common language. We have all enriched each other.” WorldHas BeensMadeIdeasStatesCultureBeliefLanguageUnitedCommonUnited StatesLandCornersChosenNativeImmigrantsEnglish LanguageUnifiedCommon LanguageNewcomersCorners Of The WorldNative Language Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.” Has BeensRunningFatherPresidentLandDaughterVicesChosenTonightImmigrantsVice President Author:Geraldine Ferraro
“There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America.” FirstsReasonAmericaPlansLandSecurityStartingImmigrationBordersImmigrantsCompellingAssimilationBorder SecurityCompelling Reason Author:Niger Innis
“I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.” MenEnjoyRightsWrittenLandConditionsImmigrantsPalestinianExileDeprivedLegal Rights Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun