We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with its back to the world. We raised it with its light to the world. What makes us American is not a question of what we look like or what our names are. What makes us American is our shared belief in the enduring promise of this country – and our shared responsibility to leave it more generous and more hopeful than we found it.
—
President Barack Obama
In an oped, explaining his decision to no longer deport undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.
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