President Bush. one day in July of 2001. in remarks at Ellis Island. in part said the following: "The Founders themselves decided that when they declared independence and wrote our Constitution. You see. citizenship is not limited by birth or background." We have an amendment dealing with that here today. "America at its best is a welcoming society. We welcome not only immigrants themselves. but the many gifts they bring and the values they live by. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants take the oath of citizenship every year." And I have had. me. I have had the pleasure of seeing them in tears. with their hands raised. on numerous occasions when I served in the Federal judiciary. And my colleagues in the Federal judiciary will tell you there is no greater feeling. except perhaps when we. in other roles as judges. are helping people to adopt a child. than to see a person adopt this country as their own. "Each has come not only." President Bush says. "to take. but to give.
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