When I got my law degree and my license to practice here in the District of Columbia, I represented several immigrants who had entered without inspection.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I immigrated to the United States in 2001 for college.
My parents were immigrants.
My parents were immigrants and janitors.
One day when I was 16, I rode my bike to the nearby DMV office to get my driver's permit. Some of my friends already had their licenses, so I figured it was time. But when I handed the clerk my green card as proof of U.S. residency, she flipped it around, examining it. 'This is fake,' she whispered. 'Don't come back here again.'
They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.
I had a group of Hispanic Americans come into my office in 1976 who worked in a Denver packing plant. They had just been fired by their employer who turned around and hired illegal aliens for a lot less money. That had a big impact on me.
I do not support driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won.
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.
When I started Cove, I spoke to three immigration lawyers who gave me a long checklist of things to do before my company could hire immigrants.