Immigrant Quotes · Page 3

“To be an immigrant, good or bad, is about straddling two homes, whilst knowing you don't really belong to either.”

— Nikesh Shukla

The immigrant blame game is one of the most predictable, and most deplorable, elements of public debate in our nation.

— Luis Gutierrez

The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above…

— Ted Cruz

For immigrant families, television is what connects you to American culture, but it's also what makes you feel like an outsider.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I think it's so wonderful to show a child of immigrant parents who's proud of their culture and doesn't neglect it.

— Iman Vellani

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Of great interest to students and teachers of immigrant history as well as to those of Polish descent.

— Florian Znaniecki

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

— Jimmy O. Yang

We have a lot of comments on the news, we have a lot of rhetoric over what an immigrant is and what…

— Diane Guerrero

Look at me. I'm an immigrant. When I came to the United States as a young girl, I didn't speak a word…

— Young Kim

I always saw my role as getting LGBT to support the immigrant rights movement - which they did - and getting Latino…

— Dolores Huerta

Trump's pronounced anti-immigrant stance is reminiscent of both Le Pen in France and Orban in Hungary, although he is far from alone…

— Peter Bergen

I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I [read] "The Book of Unknown Americans," which is by a friend of mine, Cristina Henriquez, and is about two Latino, immigrant…

— Laila Lalami

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest…

— Henry Louis Gates

If cheap immigrant labor is made unavailable, employers can hire Americans at a higher wage, or replace low-wage immigrant workers with technology…

— Jan C. Ting

“Being an immigrant is not a status but a state of mind. It doesn’t stop when you “assimilate” or “integrate” or when…

— Stewart Stafford

I don't really consider myself an immigrant, because I was born French; I have always spoken the language. I never had the…

— Leila Slimani

My mum thought my TV and film addiction was laziness. If you're an immigrant, you know you'll never be an accepted part…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut-a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the…

— Anzia Yezierska

I've always said that Miguel Pinero's story is a quintessential American tale. An immigrant who comes to this country, is immediately marginalized…

— Benjamin Bratt

Giving people like me a green card, a passport, and a driver's license? That's not going to be the end of the…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My…

— Frank Oz

Ajax is a multicultural club, and we have found that many talented immigrant players quit when they reach puberty. So we wanted…

— Johan Cruyff

“As long as we build walls around our cities, we make desperate people who want to come in more resolute to bring…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

I don’t think of myself as a dissident, and I’m more of an immigrant than an exile,

— Ha Jin

My mom is a Sikh immigrant born in a refugee camp. My Irish-Swedish-Norwegian-Danish-English-American dad grew up Baptist.

— Andy Dunn

I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough.

— Rita Moreno

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.

— Josiah Strong

I come from immigrant grandparents. The country would not be what it is if it wasn't for the immigrants in this country.

— Rick Santelli

“Illegal Immigrant in every state, for I come from a Time beyond tribes.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Brick Lane' is actually a place in London where many Bangladeshis live. It is about one such Bangladeshi immigrant family.

— Satish Kaushik

As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in U.S, which was largely built by such…

— Pope Francis

Royalty has always been an unconscious but all-consuming goal of the European immigrant.

— Vine Deloria Jr

There are few countries in the world where you can go in one generation from immigrant to parliamentarian.

— Kemi Badenoch

I'm an immigrant myself. It was a tough road to come to America and work.

— Pamela Anderson

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

— Arthur Rock

I had a lot of ups and downs. Being an immigrant in this country is incredibly difficult.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

I grew up in San Diego with immigrant parents, before the food blogs, before this kind of celebrity chef culture we know…

— Samin Nosrat

I think one thing that has helped me to be an entrepreneur is being an immigrant and coming to the United States.…

— Anousheh Ansari