Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's the story of great migration right there, the Old Testament. — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done. — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's the story… — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
The wheel [migration] has been spinning and spinning and spinning. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a world where that circle stops spinning in… — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue. — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done. — Ruben Martinez Copy Share Image
![“The wheel [migration] has been spinning and spinning and spinning. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a world where that circle stops spinning in that crazy way? Because that's a huge wheel that's crushing people's lives, real people's lives, families.” quote by Ruben Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d19/ruben-martinez-66073_being-nice_the-wheel-migration-has-been-spinning-an_1482563.jpg)
