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“Man-made borders shouldn't matter more than people.”
― Romina Garber, Lobizona

“Home is not something I should have to earn.”
― Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

“Humanity is not some box I should have to check.”
― Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

“What we're doing - waving a "Keep Out!" flag at the Mexican border while holding up a Help Wanted sign a hundred yards in - is deliberate. Spending billions building fences and walls, locking people up like livestock, deporting people to keep the people we don't want out, tearing families apart, breaking spirits - all of that serves a purpose.”
― Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

“Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?”
― Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

“This mostly restrictionist trend reached an important pivot in 2012. Three major developments prompted this change in direction and momentum. First, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Arizona v. United States opinion, delivering its most consequential decision on the limits of state authority in immigration in three decades. Rejecting several provisions of Arizona's controversial omnibus immigration enforcement bill, SB 1070, the opinion nevertheless still left open possibilities for state and local involvement. Second, President Barack Obama, against the backdrop of a stalemate in comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) in Congress and contentious debates over the role of the federal executive in immigration enforcement, instituted the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program, providing administrative relief and a form of lawful presence to hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth. Finally, Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate whose platform supported laws like Arizona's and called them a model for the rest of the country, lost his bid for the White House with especially steep losses among Latinos and immigrant voters. After these events in 2012, restrictive legislation at the state level waned in frequency, and a growing number of states began to pass laws aimed at the integration of unauthorized immigrants. As this book goes to press, this integrationist trend is still continuing.”
― Pratheepan Gulasekaram, The New Immigration Federalism

“What [undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children] did qualify for, according to human rights experts, was refugee status -- something President Obama was careful not to give them.”
― Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen

“I get to stop now. Stop hiking, and maybe with time, stop other things too. Stop knocking at a door that doesn't want to let me in.”
― Luke Healy, Americana

“[...] equality and nondiscrimination norms should play a greater role in assessments of both federal and subfederal immigration law. As such, we view certain restrictionist laws with greater skepticism than integrationist efforts.”
― Pratheepan Gulasekaram, The New Immigration Federalism

“[...] we argue against the false equivalency of viewing anti-immigrant and pro-integration laws in the same light: the former often play on misperception and group stereotypes and explicitly call out particular groups for differential treatment. By contrast, many of the integrationist measures passed by state legislatures have couched their policies in universalistic terms, and often do not make reference to particular classes of persons.”
― Pratheepan Gulasekaram, The New Immigration Federalism

“States were barred from financing their immigration systems with specific taxes on immigrants and transportation companies, leaving the continued existence of these state institutions to the general state fisc or the generosity of private charitable organizations interested in immigrant welfare and integration. The resource strain on states and charitable organizations placed enormous pressure on Congress to enact federal law.”
― Pratheepan Gulasekaram, The New Immigration Federalism

“Despite my better sense and ample experience in post-American heartbreak. Here I am. Again. The American allure built deep into my soul pulls me along for another ride.”
― Luke Healy, Americana