American Quote by Fred Korematsu

I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment,…

— Jason O'Mara

I became a citizen after 9/11.

— Barry Trotz

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

— Herb Ritts

When I was in prison, I read an article - don't be shocked when I say I was in prison. You're still in prison.…

— Malcolm X

It was a really big deal to become an American citizen the right way. You have to work really hard, and it is such…

— Camila Alves

If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.

— David Halberstam

I lost everything when they put us in prison. I was an enemy alien, a man without a country.

— Fred Korematsu

In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.

— Merle Haggard

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

— Jack Henry Abbott

I was an immigrant twice, once from Egypt to Israel. Israel opened her arms and took me in. And America opened her arms, and…

— Haim Saban

When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped…

— Cesar Millan

I was an illegal immigrant.

— Salma Hayek