America's story is largely an immigrant story. That hasn't changed since the Pilgrims ate their first turkey some … - Andrew Lam

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If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!

Andrew Lam

America's story is largely an immigrant story. That hasn't changed since the Pilgrims ate their first turkey some four hundred years ago, and they were the original boat people.

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