Barack Obama

They, too, fled a war-torn continent, after nearly all their extended family had died in the Holocaust.

My mother's stories about our own origins often emphasized the Irish who fled the Potato Famine.

This country of ours has always had a fraught relationship with immigrants. The pendulum of acceptance/rejection swings back and forth, and right now we're in a rather ugly phase. At least President Obama can mitigate the situation, even if he can't entirely fix it.

Thank you, Mr President!