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"I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America."
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"First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants."
"As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow."
"I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced."
"Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing."
"These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! Who would want to stay? Cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? In a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. Just tolerated. Like you are an animal finally house-trained."
"Arizona faces unique healthcare challenges including uncompensated care for illegal immigrants, and the large number of Native Americans who live in remote and isolated areas of the state."
"In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you."
"Immigration inevitably involves error and revision. What I imagined it would be, it's not. For better or worse, some mistake is unavoidable."
"While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyrannical governments we must be vigilant to ensure those individuals are not taking advantage of America's generosity and good will."
"The 1924 Immigration Restriction Act was the primary tool used by FDR to keep Jewish refugees from reaching US shores."
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"I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire."
"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"
"I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist."
"I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling."
"Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own."
"I think Chris Matthews is a very bright guy. I'd listen to him even if he didn't shout at people."
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