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Immigrant Quotes (page 5)

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, (born circa 1818? February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American and United States history. He was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant. He was fond of saying, "I would... Frederick Douglass
Poor Father, I see his final exploration. He arrives at the new place, his hair risen in astonishment, his mouth and eyes dumb. His toe scuffs a soft storm of sand, he kneels and his arms spread in pantomimic celebration, the immigrant, as in every moment of his life, arriving eternally on the shore of his Self. E. L. Doctorow
There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S. Tim Murphy
Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S. Tim Murphy
Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potential terrorists to enter our country. It is straining our economy, adding costs to our judicial, healthcare, and education systems. Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy quote: "Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more..."
Amnesty is not the answer as it will only encourage more illegal immigrants to enter. Tim Murphy
A system of cameras and censors are used along the border and interior to help detect the movement of illegal immigrants crossing through the dense brush. Tim Murphy
Rupert Murdoch quote: "We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do..."
We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line. Rupert Murdoch
It could be construed that the reason I wouldn't wish to live in England is the immigration explosion. And that's not true at all. Steven Morrissey
In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. Toni Morrison
George J. Mitchell quote: "My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States...."
My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920. George J. Mitchell
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. George J. Mitchell
The White House looked into a plan that would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. The plan called for a million Mexicans to marry a million of our ugliest citizens. Dennis Miller
The tide of immigration in Canada has not been as great as along our frontier. They have been able to allow the Indians to live as Indians, which we have not, and do not attempt to force upon them the customs which are distasteful to them. Nelson A. Miles
No administration could stop the tidal wave of immigration that swept over the land; no political party could restrain or control the enterprise of our people, and no reasonable man could desire to check the march of civilization. Nelson A. Miles

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