Immigration: The Strength of America

Birthright citizenship is a fundamental American value that makes the country stronger. The United States is unusual in our ability to integrate new immigrants and the children of immigrants. Other countries don't do that nearly as well as we do. Children of immigrants thrive in America, and I think they're one of the reasons that America is an economic superpower. And a military one. At the same time that Norman Wong's mother was in a Japanese internment camp, his father... whose right to citizenship had been guaranteed by Wong Kim Ark's legal victory, was serving the U.S. Navy in World War II. What has the experience of your family, your great-grandfather, your mother, what has it taught you about the American experience? I say if you're here, we're all Americans. It should be a dream, not a nightmare. I think we're turning this country into... One side gets the dream, the other side gets just fear.