MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio: ‘Immigrants Represent the Hope that America Still Symbolizes Around the World’

RUSH EXCERPT:

ATENCIO: “I say to them that immigrants represent the hope that America still symbolizes around the when I was forced to flee my country, I knew where I wanted to go, this country. The fact that I'm able to sit with you here on this platform, on this network, only ten yearsafter coming here without a green card, English isn't my first language, is a testament to possibility in America. I tell young woman looking at me today, your true power, your purpose lies in what joy represents, in what I represent, and I'm learning to represent,which is just be yourselves. Don't be ashamed by your name, your accent, your background. That is the source of your power and your purpose and the way you will inspire others to be themselves.”

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