I can't speak for everybody, and I don't want to say it for an entire culture, but for me, coming from an… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
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My dad was a scientist. More than that: my dad grew up in a tiny terraced house in Swansea, the only child… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
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We help immigrants because we are an immigrant nation, and we are an immigrant church. We've always done that; this is nothing… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
I fell in love with improv but like the good, repressed, immigrant child I am, I bottled that energy up and used… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
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My particular lifetime, my individual profile, represents something very basic to African-American history and culture because I was a second generation immigrant,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
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As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I am white. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant. I am a Russian American. But until recently I haven't focused so… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
My real story is this: I am the citizen daughter of immigrant parents who were deported when I was 14. My older… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
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I am the executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, which is the country's only national immigrant rights organization for… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Like Barack Obama's father, Trump's mother was an immigrant. But Trump doesn't often bring up his Scottish ancestry on the campaign trail. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
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That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a… — Do Won Chang Copy Share Image
For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
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Do you realize what's been done to this whole definition of immigrants? The way Democrats and the left talk about immigration, immigration… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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My childhood growing up in that part of Glasgow always sounds like some kind of sub-Catherine Cookson novel of earthy working-class immigrant… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
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