But even as I assume once more the solemn duty of this Presidency, let us also remember that the oath I spoke shares much in common with those taken by every service member and every immigrant, and with the pledge we make before our flag.

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The secret memorandum almost perfectly captures Mitt Romney's position on immigration -- along with that of every anti-immigrant politician and conservative pundit.

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If every last Muslim immigrant were deported from every European country... if Muslims to the second and third generation were stripped of their citizenship and deported... many decent people would be unfairly deprived of their acquired rights, but... the wave of violent Jew hatred that is plaguing Europe would come to a sudden halt.

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This has been true of every immigrant wave to the U.S., and is why the U.S. is so dependent on new immigrants.

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In nearly five years as Canada's minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (yes, that's "Multiculturalism" with a capital M), Kenney has spent almost every weekend in immigrant constituencies attending parties, visiting temples and mosques, and embracing, sometimes literally, thousands of recent immigrants.

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In addition to released illegal immigrant criminals, snarled air traffic, fired teachers, and every other imaginable disaster, we now face the loss of three quarters of a million jobs because the recalcitrant Republicans reject reasonable offers from President Obama (who does not communicated with them).

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And maybe most importantly, as the son of a Polish immigrant, a man of deep and devout faith, Jack knows that every number on a page, every dollar we budget, every decision we make has to be an expression of who we wish to be as a nation, our values.

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The forebears of two out of every five Americans passed through the island's immigrant-processing centre between 1892 and 1954 among them the grandparents of George Pataki, New York's governor.

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