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I was
growing up in the Today, at
a time when bias-related violence (ici
violence raciale) , some of it directed at immigrants, has more than
doubled in eight years, the revival of anti-immigrant sentiment would be sad,
and unwise, because immigration, the history of America, has been the source
of all our strength .And it continues to make us stronger. {….} It’s
notable that 20% of the immigrants in New York City’s workforce are in
white-collar and professional positions.(…)In fact, our newest newcomers have
saved several key industries in New York- like garment manufacturing, which
would have left the city had immigrants not provided a new source of labour. Different
as they may be from my parents’generation, today’s new Americans still bring
with them the same old-fashioned family values : discipline, a sense of
responsibility, an eagerness to work – to achieve, healthy, stimulating
ambition, the willingness to sacrifice for the next generation and a faith in
something larger than themselves. This
fresh new infusion of energy, enterprise should ne welcomed, not shunned.
Earlier immigrants built a nation; the new immigrants can help us save it. Mario Cuomo ( governor of USA
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