Ends Quote by Michael Emerson

“We are all immigrants, a glorious confection of races and beliefs, united by the rock that we live on. As the years wash over…

— Alex George

When you come from an immigrant home, you're in a whole different world until you leave your house. In my teenage years, I had…

— Jessie Reyez

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us.

— James Nasmyth

“I realize that we are often wary of making these kinds of broad generalizations about different cultural groups--and with good reason. This is the…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I grew up in a border state. I think immigration is an essential part of American history and American culture.

— Meghan McCain

What separates us Americans from the countries that so many immigrants are leaving is that we are a nation of laws - that is…

— Donald Trump

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

— Anonymous

Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake.

— Roger Mahony

Where we come from in America no longer signifies. It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us…

— Joyce Carol Oates

[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're…

— Condoleezza Rice

The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.

— Barack Obama