El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
Beto O'Rourke
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El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America.
BETO O'ROURKE My grandmother and my mom and my aunt Aurelia, my grandmother Juanita, my mom Lucia - we lived on th...
JUAN FELIPE HERRERA I have a very deep care for Latin America, and, of course, for what was going on in El Salvador.
RAUL JULIA Ellis Island: The American Dream.
CHARLIE BROWN Ellis Island is for the people who came over on ships. My people came in chains.
DAVID N. DINKINS Bernal Diaz del Castillo, faithful comrade of Hernán Cortes in the conquest of Mexico, wrote that t...
EDUARDO GALEANO The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
CARLOS FUENTES People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a l...
DAVID BYRNE I spent some special years in my hometown of El Paso.
DEBBIE REYNOLDS Obviously, the kind of support that exists in El Paso for UTEP is why we're excited to have them in ...
RUSS ANDERSON No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.
MITCH KAPOR Dr. O'Donnell is the right leader for District 78. As a (former) principal, she understands how crit...
ANTHONY HOLM To say what would be here and what would be in El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, would be subject ...
JIM REPACE There is no question that the politics of Latin America have shifted to the left in many countries t...
DAN ERIKSON Two prominent terms, 'Latino' and 'Hispanic,' refer to people living in the United S...
ILAN STAVANS Man, we love El Paso. We've put on some of our greatest shows in Texas.
LAYZIE BONE There are too many poor in Latin America in spite of economic growth in the region.
JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA We only read about problems on the border, drug smuggling, poverty and immigration, and we don't see...
ROB ALLYN What this means for Latin America is that it will be more expensive for countries like Brazil and Me...
FELIPE GARCIA reflective of mainstream America in many ways.
IQ Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths abou...
BETO O'ROURKE Part of the job for me and others from El Paso who live along the border is to dispel the myths abou...
BETO O'ROURKE Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
SAM DONALDSON This is a disaster for all markets in Latin America.
GEOFFREY DENNIS While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885.
CALAMITY JANE My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories...
JAMES GRAY The two largest oil-producing countries in Latin America, Mexico and Venezuela, sold petroleum to Ni...
STEPHEN KINZER When they play in the Chamber Music Festival they get to experience the flavor of why El Paso is so ...
ZUILL BAILEY The growth of China, and more recently India, will make it possible for other countries to grow as w...
CLYDE PRESTOWITZ It's a cash machine. The company is well positioned for growth in Latin America and Asia.
JAN LEROY He was a businessman with interest in Latin America. He wanted to promote goodwill and understanding...
SHERRY WHITE We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood t...
DEBBIE REYNOLDS There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much pr...
WALTER SALLES The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not b...
HENRY A. WALLACE I booked a flight last-minute to El Paso ... and the weather was gorgeous. It didn't seem like there...
CARLOS RUIZ It seems to be Latin American destiny to always have the United States say 'amen.
WARREN EYSTER I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very...
RUBEN BLADES In Latin America, you don't do things for the money because there is no money.
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL It's a long way to Albuquerque or El Paso. It's not as tight a core,
JOHN AUSTIN El amor lo complica todo y también se abre paso a través de todo. (Connor)
NORA ROBERTS It is an island full of myth, full of story, full of history, ... There are many, many tales about t...
JOSE MARIA Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it i...
PAULO FREIRE One of my reasons for living in California is its close proximity to Mexico. The Latin influence is ...
ERIC BURDON The lack of opportunities is resulting in youth turning to risky behaviors which is affecting the Do...
CAROLINE ANSTEY Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general.
SHAKIRA The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
DON RICKLES Puerto Rico is very important to him and the fact of the matter is this is the capital of Latin Amer...
DAVID SLOANE The El Paso hotel market did very good. El Paso hotels in general made money last year. I think we'r...
HENRY KING In Latin America, price matters.
GRANT SMITH El primer paso, indispensable para lograr las cosas que desea obtener en la vida, es el siguiente: d...
JACK CANFIELD —Necesito sentir que tengo el control.
—Ah, ahora me has dado un desafío. — Él dio un p...
KERRELYN SPARKS I view risk-aversion as crippling America in many ways.
PETER DIAMANDIS The state of siege was necessary. There was subversion in Latin America. It was more of a preventive...
ALFREDO STROESSNER I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have f...
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin Ame...
STEPHEN KINZER It's a strong blow not only for Cuba, but also for all of the countries of Latin America, and Asia i...
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ If this gets out of control all of Latin America could suffer. When Brazil sneezes, the rest of Lati...
SUNG WON SOHN Argentina is an unfortunate situation for Latin America, but it was pretty well anticipated in the U...
DAVID HORNER Along with Enron, Dynegy and El Paso Corporation , they broke the rules and violated the law. This s...
BILL LOCKYER Along with Enron, Dynegy and El Paso Corp. , they broke the rules and violated the law. This settlem...
BILL LOCKYER The left in 2006 in Latin America is far different than in 1976.
JULIA SWEIG Central America is a very strong region. In general, Latin America is a very strong region for us. W...
AMY WYATT Latin America is addicted to polls. The media publishes anything. They don?t filter [the polls]; the...
FERNANDO TUESTA Obviously I was disappointed the City Council didn't enact (the El Paso ordinance). We came close. W...
DR. ROBERT VOGEL Long live the Unity of Latin America.
HUGO CHAVEZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's wher...
KATE DEL CASTILLO We have believed all along that there was manipulation by El Paso, but the test now is to see what F...
STEVE MAVIGLIO My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the...
JAMES GRAY We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ;...
BETO O'ROURKE We in El Paso and Juarez are literally one community. There's no separation; there's no DMZ;...
BETO O'ROURKE The peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have common interest and are in the position to suppo...
KIM IL-SUNG That's their choice. From my standpoint if I want to participate or not that's my choice too so I'm ...
JIM SCHERR The one against Stanford was fun, but this was really big, coming in the Sun Bowl. At least I got so...
BRANDON BREAZELL They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and ...
FIDEL CASTRO We believe that peace in Colombia isn't important only for Colombia but all of Latin America.
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
CARLOS FUENTES There could be some negative consequences for Latin America.
ALDO LEMA Miami is a geographical confluence of telecommunications and entrepreneurial forces that have huge i...
GRANT SMITH Mexico is not part of South America, but of North America, in respect of the current 'crisis' situat...
GEOFFREY DENNIS That's the way it always is in Latin America. They have great fun with it, and they make it fun for ...
CARLOS BELTRAN Immigration reform doesn't impact me personally; nothing my foundation works on does. But the tr...
HOWARD GRAHAM BUFFETT You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melt...
ISRAEL ZANGWILL The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differen...
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Unions have a bad rap in Mexico and South America.
JOE MOTA Today the winds of hope blow through Latin America and the Caribbean.
DANIEL ORTEGA Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos...
JOE BACA Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to ...
NOAM CHOMSKY I am a proud born and raised island girl with 60% island ways and I do not apologize for them.
ALISHIA DUNCANSON Latin America is experiencing a rebellion against deprivation.
FELIPE GONZALEZ They write in a journal about the whole immigration process. They talk about coming over from their ...
AMY BURKE At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poor...
JAMES GRAY Long Island has one of the oldest and richest histories of duck hunting in America.
GREGG PATTERSON It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate...
L.M. MONTGOMERY I don’t want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you... We’ll just be happy, waiting and wor...
L.M. MONTGOMERY Don't wait for someone else to fix your property. Be part of the leadership team and build El Paso ....
JIM SCHERR Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the wor...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.
JAMES BARRETT RESTON The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
DAN QUAYLE I am worried that we will become a stratified economy, like many in Latin America where the prospero...
LAWRENCE SUMMERS