I am undoubtedly one of the more, if not the most, privileged undocumented immigrants in America. And for us at Define American, which is this culture campaign group that I founded with some friends, culture trumps politics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am more than an immigration activist.
My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
Nearly one-fifth of our fellow citizens are Latino. They are families who are impacted by our education system, by our economy, by our healthcare delivery, and by every policy we make here in Washington.
My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.
On the surface, I've created a good life. I've lived the American dream. But I am still an undocumented immigrant.
I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California.
Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.
I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.
I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised.