Is America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’

Turning dreams into nightmares: How Trump unraveled DACA and perverted America’s tradition as an immigrant-welcoming nation https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/99-reasons-to-dump-trump/ny-edit-daca-20200803-l3smt2aw6zdwxcwcf42zbnc4la-story.html 7 comments 3/8/2020 politics

America No Longer A 'Nation Of Immigrants,' USCIS Says https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/22/588097749/america-no-longer-a-nation-of-immigrants-uscis-says?fbclid=iwar1bzlmhsq3_9yrc7ljvlmuijbvaxn0_xg81jt11-xayjb8xrdok6to7clk 7 comments 29/1/2019 politics

Kennedy’s vision of America as ‘Nation of Immigrants’ still resonates https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/411761-kennedys-vision-of-america-as-nation-of-immigrants-still 5 comments 17/10/2018 politics

America No Longer A 'Nation Of Immigrants,' USCIS Says : The Two-Way : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/22/588097749/america-no-longer-a-nation-of-immigrants-uscis-says 4 comments 23/2/2018 politics

America’s immigration agency removes “nation of immigrants” from its mission statement https://www.vox.com/2018/2/22/17041862/uscis-removes-nation-of-immigrants-from-mission-statement 18 comments 22/2/2018 politics

Scenes From A Mighty America Rising Up Angry: Powerful, spontaneous protests against immigrant crackdown rock the nation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scenes-from-america-rising-up_us_588d6e91e4b08a14f7e67b72 40 comments 29/1/2017 politics

Nationally, 60% Favor Letting Local Police Stop and Verify Immigration Status....WTF AMERICA?!! http://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2010/04/29/poll-most-support-arizona-immigration-law/upi-55921272544207/ 88 comments 20/5/2010 politics

Undocumented Latina immigrants face PTSD at four times (34%) the national rate of civilian women in America (9.7%), a new study finds. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/gmu-uli071619.php 28 comments 23/7/2019 science

A Nation Built for Immigrants: From the beginning, America was made to unite citizens, even those with deep differences. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424127887324492604579083080268106684.html#! 6 comments 22/9/2013 history

America Never Wanted the Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses | The U.S. is a diverse nation of immigrants—but it was not intended to be, and its historical biases continue to haunt the present. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/united-states-immigration-exclusion/618390/ 9 comments 5/4/2021 politics

Kerry: U.S. is an immigrant nation, should welcome refugees - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rebuked those opposed to welcoming Syrian refugees on Friday, insisting that immigrants built and defined America as a nation. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/news/world/2015/10/10/kerry-u-s-is-an-immigrant-nation-should-welcome-refugees.html 3 comments 11/10/2015 politics

Next Frontier For Restless Americans?: "...could America, that great nation of immigrants, become in harder times a nation of emigrants? Could the metropolises of China one day have Americatowns?" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/us/13iht-currents13.html 11 comments 21/8/2011 politics

Trump’s Immigration Lockdown Will Weaken America | By turning away the world’s best talent, U.S. industrial and tech leadership might lose out to China and other nations. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-29/trump-coronavirus-immigration-lockdown-will-weaken-u-s-economy 12 comments 23/6/2020 politics

Celebrating the ethnic diversity of America, President Barack Obama said more than two dozen foreign-born service members who became U.S. citizens at a White House ceremony on the Fourth of July are vivid reminders that the country is, and always has been, a nation of immigrants. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_obama_immigration?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2014-07-04-13-21-48 39 comments 4/7/2014 politics

Census 2010: Children now make up less of America's population than ever before, even with a boost from immigrant families. And when this generation grows up, it will become a shrinking work force that will have to support the nation's expanding elderly population http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015585804_apusagingamericafewerkids.html 6 comments 13/7/2011 politics

George W Bush praises immigration: “America is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants helped build the country we became, and immigrants can help build a dynamic tomorrow. Not only do immigrants help build our economy, they invigorate our soul,” http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/george-w-bush-immigrants-help-build-our-economy-they-invigorate-our-soul-84563.html?hp=f3 4 comments 4/12/2012 politics

The Program to Renew America: 15 common sense proposals to help with the war in Iraq, healthcare, immigration, energy policy, national security, poverty, education, and other areas of critical national interest. (One of the best things I've read in a really long time!) http://www.theseminal.com/2007/05/15/renewal/? 11 comments 15/5/2007 reddit.com

Private prison charges $5 a minute for phone calls, pays prisoners $1 a day for work. The Corrections Corporation of America, the nation’s largest private prison company, received $74 million of taxpayers’ money to run immigration detention centers... http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/732179/private_prison_charges_inmates_%245_a_minute_for_phone_calls_while_they_work_for_%241_a_day/#paragraph3 1138 comments 21/11/2011 politics

"Why has America become a nation that can't make anything bad end, like wars, farm subsidies, our oil addiction, the drug war, useless weapons programs and can't make anything good start, like health care reform, immigration reform, rebuilding infrastructure?" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-if-america-cant_b_299383.html? 686 comments 26/9/2009 politics