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A lot of schools benefit from parents who are first- or second-generation immigrants, who expect the best for their children.

Our young immigrants have a lot to offer. They are motivated and hard-working, and in many cases have already contributed significantly to our society - by excelling in school, by volunteering in their communities, or by serving in the military.

Immigrants have always come into the country with low levels of education. Whether it's the Irish or Italian or Polish, here is the land of opportunity. It's where people come in at the bottom and build themselves up. To try to bring in people who have already made it is un-American.

In various fields, such as science, technology, sports, business and the arts, immigrants enrich our culture every single day.

Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro.

Highly skilled immigrants are critical to innovation and are important contributors to economic growth in the United States.

Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.

My parents regarded school teachers as higher beings, as did many immigrants.

Immigrants have historically been an entrepreneurial bunch.