Mario Cuomo Quotes

I'm child of immigrants.

My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920.

I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.

I'm a first-generation Canadian.

I was the first of my siblings born here in the United States.

My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York, and then we moved to D.C.

My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.

I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.

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.

America was born as a nation of immigrants who have always contributed to its greatness.

I'm Cuban. My parents are immigrants.

Like Barack Obama's father, Trump's mother was an immigrant. But Trump doesn't often bring up his Scottish ancestry on the campaign trail.

I'm the granddaughter of immigrants.

I'm a first generation immigrant.

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

Both my parents were immigrants, as were many of their friends, the parents of the children with whom I grew up. Of course I respect and admire immigrants and their undeniable contributions to America, as we all should.

Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.

I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.

If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it's difficult to belong.

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.

My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

The United States has always been energized by its immigrant populations. America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants ... They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people.

Too many people are willing to turn their backs on our immigrant past.

Our country is a country where immigration is history and it is a country where immigration is destiny.