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> [Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who-crossed-the-atlantic-or-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America. But when I showed up here, everyone was so nice! The men bought me drinks and offered me a place to sleep. This country welcomed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-vergara/i-always-heard-that-immigrants-had-a-really-hard-life-when-they-came-2/)

[Sofia Vergara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-vergara/)

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