Diane Guerrero Quotes
I feel like there's this misconception that immigrants come here and just don't care about the system and paying taxes, and that's not true.
Guerrero, Diane. In the Country We Love: My Family Divided. Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
He was reacting to the protests and riots of Islamic immigrants who had become a significant minority of France coming mostly from North Africa—especially the former French Colonies where French was spoken and the French educational and legal system were in effect. France, traditionally, has been one of the most open countries to immigrants and minorities however the unwritten cultural norm was that the immigrant would always identify first as a Frenchman, and adopt French language, manners, values and customs. Unlike the United States or Canada where immigrants could easily maintain most of their values, cultural traditions and languages, France required more assimilation to succeed. The Muslim immigrants at the turn of the millennium were not as malleable as other French immigrant groups especially with respect to the treatment of women and the freedom of expression that has always been so valuable to the French. The combination produced misunderstanding, discrimination and far less economic opportunity than other groups of immigrants had previously.
The Prime Minister was in a difficult political position. His own party contained some of the most virulent racists, anti-Irish, and anti-Semites in the country. They were opposed to all “non-English” immigration but there was a labor shortage. The prejudice and discrimination, faced be immigrants, was in part explained and excused, lest Medzies be abandoned by his own party.
An insight to the culture and norms of the times may be gleaned from the fact that Hoover would have dared write material of this kind to an Italian-American member of Congress.
The Christian Evangelicals in America have been split on their views of immigration. See {632917} for an example of a contrary position.
The senator later apologized for this remark.
Diane Guerrero is an American actress and author. She is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin. Guerrero grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family was deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform. Her role on Orange Is the New Black has contributed to three consecutive wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Guerrero is the author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was fourteen. She currently stars as Crazy Jane in the DC Universe action-drama series Doom Patrol.
