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The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.

We are indeed a nation of immigrants. People who choose to come to America have always been one of our greatest sources of national vitality. They keep our economy strong and our communities dynamic. They are some of our greatest patriots.

Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move.

The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I'd also say I'm not a 'white' immigrant; a South Asian's experience is different than, say, a European immigrant's.

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.

America was founded on immigrants. The immigrant experience is common to all of us.

We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories.

We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better.