From 1882 until the 1950s, a whole series of legislation excluded immigrants from Asia from coming to our society.

Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move.

They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do to destroy whatever existed here in the way of Indian society.

It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.

Well, I think the worst thing would be for us to stumble into a great war without realizing it, without being the - without being prepared for it.

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.