Quotes tagged ‘Immigrants’

“I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. I responded to that in making the picture. I put a lot of warmth into that character. Those immigrants were tough, more intensive than people are these days.”

— Kirk Douglas, rogerebert.com

“How far is it from Trump saying this is an invasion to the shooter in El Paso declaring quote, 'this attack as a response to Hispanic invasion of Texas'. How far apart are those comments? How far is it from white supremacists in Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville? Trump’s very fine people chanting 'you wi…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“I don’t think it’s that far at all. It is both clear language and in code, this president has fanned the flames of white supremacy in this nation. His low energy, vacant eyed mouthing the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week I don’t believe fooled anyone at home or abroad. H…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“After Trump tweeted his go back [inaudible], the leading Nazi website, Neo Nazi website said, 'this is the kind of nationalism we elected him for'. He knows it. He saw it, and on 8chan, a haven for radicalism on the internet where a declaration of hate linked to El Paso shooter was posted. One comme…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“Charlottesville was no isolated incident. When Trump announced he was running for president, he called Mexicans rapists. Days before the midterm, he formatted fears of a caravan heading to United States creating hysteria when he said, 'Look, look, some marching up. This is an invasion, an invasion.'…”

— Joe Biden, rev.com

“I say to people around the country, I'm the son of immigrants. I believe that immigrants make our country stronger and more dynamic.”

— Andrew Yang, 2020poolreports.substack.com

“Immigrants, they do not diminish America. They are America.”

— Amy Klobuchar, startribune.com

“When American families are barely living paycheck to paycheck, what is this administration's response? Their response is to try to take away healthcare from millions of families. Their response is to give away a trillion dollars to the biggest corporations in this country. And their response is to b…”

— Kamala Harris, cnn.com

“Everyday immigrants commit crimes at a far lower rate than native-born Americans and not only that but the women and children on the border that are trying to seek refuge and seek opportunity in the United States of America with nothing but the shirt on their backs are acting more American than any…”

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, realclearpolitics.com

“Rachel Chu: Thanks for meeting me here. [Eleanor eyes the other two women at the mahjong table] Don't worry about them. They're half-deaf and they only speak Hokkien. [Long pause as Eleanor reluctantly settles into her seat] me mahjong would teach me important life skills: Negotiation. Strategy. Coo…”

— Pete Chiarelli, Adele Lim, Rachel Chu, Constance Wu, imdb.com

“Though I was technically as American as my blue-eyed and blonde classmates, I knew that, on some level, we were different.”

— Sara Tan, bustle.com

“Some say that once you get to America, you’re golden, but a lot of immigrants struggle in America as much as they struggled in their homeland.”

— Emily Huynh, nextshark.com

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”

— Theodore Roosevelt, nytimes.com

“I am such a great guy. Who else would've gone through the trouble of helping this poor immigrant? I am special. My mother was right. Of course, I've never had Pakistani food. How bad it could be?”

— Tom Leopold, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?”

— Ocean Vuong, newyorker.com

“Maybe a survivor is nothing but the last one to come home, the final monarch that lands on a branch already weighted with ghosts.”

— Ocean Vuong, newyorker.com

“It only takes a single night of frost to kill off an entire generation. To live, then, is a matter of time, of timing.”

— Ocean Vuong, newyorker.com

“Already, Trump is causing Obama to go down in popular memory as a far-left progressive and not a centrist who deported millions and killed hundreds of thousands in wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and elsewhere. Sure, Trump is worse than Obama in a lot of ways, but the whole point is that we…”

— Peter Gelderloos, theanarchistlibrary.org

“No human being is illegal.”

— Angela Davis, cosmopolitan.com

“The concept of illegality only matters when affixed to racialized people, white immigrant status is an afterthought.”

— @bodega_gyro_ao, berniesrevolution.tumblr.com