Obama: ‘Eight Signers of the Declaration of Independence Were Immigrants’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

"We are born of immigrants. That is who we are. Immigration is our origin story. And for more than two centuries, it's remained at the core of our national character. It's our oldest tradition. It's who we are. It's part of what makes us exceptional. After all, unless your familiar is native American, one of the first Americans, our families, all of our families come from someplace else. The first refugees were the pilgrims themselves, fleeing religious persecution, crossing the stormy atlantic to reach a new world where they might leave and pray freely. Eight signers of the declaration of independence were immigrants."