Immigrant Quotes

192 quotes by 164 authors

Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker. — Jeb Bush
New York has been the subject of thousands of books. Every immigrant group has had its saga as has every epoch and social class. — Edmund White
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant… — Robert Klein
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far… — Louis D. Brandeis
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of… — Louis D. Brandeis
My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei
In a way, women are a psychic immigrant group. — Gloria Steinem
That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a Forever 21 and… — Do Won Chang
What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center. — Al Lewis
In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from… — Dave Reichert
When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with… — Bobby Jindal
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an estimated… — Timothy Garton Ash
Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our place… — Rose Schneiderman
The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, trying to take this seat from which we have done so much for our community -… — Loretta Sanchez
My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in… — Arlen Specter
I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it… — Vicente Fox
Women are the majority of immigrants yet the minority of immigrant employment visas; immigrant and native born women who work in the service arena -… — Christine Pelosi
I saw an opportunity to use a restaurant to identify a lot of my issues and concerns with being an immigrant in America, and Asian… — Eddie Huang
Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are easy to seal,… — Mark Helprin
Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so.… — Mark Helprin

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