David Geffen Quotes

Staple a green card to their diploma - welcome to the United States of America! We want those people in our country.

Humanity does not come with citizenship or a green card.

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.

I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.

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.

I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby give me a chance to have a better life. I served six years in the U.S. Army Reserve, went to college, have a successful career and have dedicated my life to being a good citizen.

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering.

We all should be proud of the United States. For those of us that came from the Dominican, we've been able to come here, work, make money and become somebody in our lives. We've gotten a huge opportunity from the U.S.

We are a nation of immigrants. It is immigrants who brought to this land the skills of their hands and brains to make it a beacon of opportunity and of hope for all men.

On immigration reform you don’t get a bill without a path to citizenship .

I'm an immigrant, a legal immigrant to the United States. I only became a citizen five years ago. Every day, for seven months, I pinched myself as I was walking in and out of the West Wing, so it's only in America, right? Only in America.

I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom.

Everyone that've been here, working, living as Americans - just give them a green card.

When you come to America, you get to become an American, and Trump, who has grandparents who came to the U.S., should understand this as much as anybody.

French citizenship should be either inherited or merited.

United States naturalization is a privilege not a right, and those who have had this privilege bestowed upon them must respect and uphold the laws of our land.

My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation.

Immigration is tough. My daughter-in-law is going through the immigration process as we speak.

If you want to be part of the American country, then do it legally.

I have lived in the United States for half of my life, my entire adult life.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card.

I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream - the immigrant who comes to this country and is allowed to excel. How many other countries would let me do that?

They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.

No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.