A broken immigration system means broken families means broken lives. That's what is at stake.

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're just waiting for our country to recognize it.

For Filipino Americans, it's a battle for recognition, for identity in a culture where, for the mainstream, Asians tend to fade into a monochromatic racialized 'other.'

I am not the 'illegal' you think I am, and immigration is not what you think it is.

When people call me illegal, calling me illegal says more about you than it does about me.

To be in America illegally is actually a civil offense and not a criminal one.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

I have no control over what people call me. The only thing I have control over is my work, and that's really all I can be judged on.

To me, it's just that social media is allowing people to be in charge of their own narratives.

I always felt like I had the word "illegal" tattooed on my forehead.

I am like a snake who has already bitten. I retreat from a direct battle while knowing the slow effect of the poison.

History is the gradual instant

You will never feel loved until you love yourself.

It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.

Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it.

We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

Imprisoned professors taught imprisoned students free theology.

We must be ever on the search for some persons whom we shall love and who will love us in return. If good will and affection are taken away, every joy is taken from life.

You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.