American Quote by Amy Bloom

All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.

— Conor Oberst

I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.

— Phil Gramm

A lot of people forget that Americans are immigrants. People are forgetting that, to where people have this attitude, 'We're Americans, go back to…

— Kamaru Usman

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

We say this is a land of immigrants, and we forget that this was a land that belonged to people. And those of us…

— Ilhan Omar

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

— Samuel P. Huntington

All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.

— Jan C. Ting

This will always be a nation of immigrants. It is the one common trait we all share.

— Mike Parson

In the United States everyone is an illegal immigrant - everyone except the people in Indian Reservations. This is an immigrant society.

— Noam Chomsky

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

— Anonymous

I am Mexican, and people tend to forget that.

— Julio Cesar Chavez Sr