Behind Quote by Lidia Bastianich

I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

— Joe Eszterhas

I got here when I was 12, I found out I was undocumented when I was 16, I became a journalist when I was…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I came to America when I was 7.

— Soon-Yi Previn

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

By the time I was 16, I was someone to reckon with. I was so eager to repudiate any connection with any immigrant race,…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I was a very sickly child. My parents were immigrants. They were not decorous. They were not discreet. They always thought I was gonna…

— Maurice Sendak

My family immigrated to the States in 1981, when I was 14.

— Masha Gessen

I came in as a legal immigrant. My dad came first. We had to wait about a year.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

My mom came to America when I was six years old, and I didn't live with them until I was ten. They worked really…

— Dania Ramirez

I was an illegal immigrant.

— Salma Hayek

I came out to my mom when I was 16. My parents are old school. They are immigrant parents, and when I came out,…

— Karine Jean-Pierre