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.

quote by Samuel P. Huntington
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I would emigrate once again, but only with the caravan of dreams, rushed to an oasis of truth ...

Octav Bibere in J.Louis Mash
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An Immigrant Here!

i am an immigrant here,
i claim no nation,
choose no side...
but this earth is my home,
formed from it's dirt,
it's bottomless oceans...

my friends are trees,
mountains, and rivers...
the long grasses my beard,
the great plains my soul.
i am the birthing of spring,
the death of the snow...

i am an immigrant here,
many colors, all human.
i am the hunted, and the hunter,
i am the pounding of waves
held in the tiniest shell.
i am wind, fire, and darkness...

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poem by Eric Cockrell
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As the 109th Congress continues to debate legislation that will affect the lives of immigrants, it is important for us to remember that we are a nation of immigrants.

quote by Jose Serrano
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I think it no accident that most of those emigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds.

quote by Barbara Jordan
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When cranes migrate, bad weather can't be far off.

Sicilian proverbs
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Sacred Ibis

the sacred ibis
flocking on the parapet
she used to live there
I still hear my daughter's laugh
emigrated to other climes

poem by Suzette Crous
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As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on.

quote by Elton Gallegly
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swift cold autumn wind
startling the migrating geese
goose-flesh on my skin

haiku by Alice Cuenca
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An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.

quote by Sting
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Autumn's here

The heat's down from 34 C to below 30 C
and my daughter declares:
It's autumn.
A day of dark clouds and cool air
spoils us and my son declares:
It's autumn.
Are you sure?
I ask and they mock me.
Their friends told them it's autumn
and we unemployed migrant adults
should listen to the children
for their friends have lived here
all the ten or thirteen years of their lives
and who are we unemployable migrant adults to question
the wisdom of the local children?
And, by the way, winter's round the corner.
OK, children of Australia,
we say,
it's autumn if you say so.

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poem by Raj Arumugam
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We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

quote by Bob Inglis
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No Adequate Compensation

That you get at the place
You have migrated to
Will not compensate that
That you missed from the native.

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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I Pity The Poor Immigrant

I pity the poor immigrant
Who wishes he wouldve stayed home,
Who uses all his power to do evil
But in the end is always left so alone.
That man whom with his fingers cheats
And who lies with evry breath,
Who passionately hates his life
And likewise, fears his death.
I pity the poor immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain,
Whose heaven is like ironsides,
Whose tears are like rain,
Who eats but is not satisfied,
Who hears but does not see,
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me.
I pity the poor immigrant
Who tramples through the mud,
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood,

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song performed by Bob Dylan
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.

quote by Samuel P. Huntington
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As soon as the harvest is in, you're a migrant worker. Afterwards just a bum.

quote by Nunnally Johnson
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The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants.

quote by Nathan Deal
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I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.

quote by Marvin Olasky
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To see the world as whole

The whites in America were once
Illegal immigrants from Europe.
The whites in other than Europe
Were illegal immigrants.
Intrusions are due to boundaries drawn;
Illegalities are due to legalities framed.
18.10.2009

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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