Political Quotes

“The second topic I would bring up is the Dreamers; the DACA program. So many families are living every day with so much stress and anxiety because of their immigration status. Last week, a Federal judge ruled that DACA must end, causing more anxiety and stress for these families. Congress should fix this. Give a pathway to legalization and citizenship, for Dreamers, for TPS recipients, and for the farm workers and other essential workers that make our country work. This is personal for me. Madam Speaker, 100 years ago, August 22 of 1921, my father was born in a small medieval village on the mountains of Southern Italy. He immigrated to the United States as a young boy. He was the first kid from the neighborhood to go to college. He fought in World War II as a navigator on a B-24 and got the Distinguished Flying Cross. He came home and went to Harvard Law School on the GI Bill. {time} 1030 My father would always say, ``What a country.'' He went on to live a great American success story. So, like I said, this is personal for me. Twenty-seven years ago, I served as the young mayor of my hometown, the city of Glen Cove, New York. I addressed the growing issue of new immigrants from Central and South America who were gathering on street corners looking for work by creating the first day-workers site anywhere on the East Coast of the United States of America in 1994. I relied on a fundamental American principle: All men and women are created equal.…”