Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Immigrants aren't the reason wages haven't gone up enough; those decisions are made in the boardrooms that too often put quarterly earnings… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The senators know it's important to win statewide to have Hispanics and other immigrant populations supporting them. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think the American people have a generous instinct. They understand that we're a nation of immigrants. But if those folks are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Going back to the discussion we were having about immigration reform, some of the most challenging discussions I've had are with activists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I say that is because those are the times where sometimes you feel actually a little bit hurt. Because you feel like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For all the noise and anger that too often surrounds the immigration debate, America has nothing to fear from today's immigrants. They… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This kind of gaping inequality gives lie to the promise that’s at the very heart of America: that this is a place… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The system isn't working when 12 million people live in hiding, and hundreds of thousands cross our borders illegally each year; when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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