Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Everyone please have a seat. Thank you very much. Let me thank Pastor Hybels from near...

I want to thank American University for welcoming me to the campus once again. Some may recall that the last time I was here I was joined by a dear...

I believed that then and I believe it now. And that’s why, even as we’ve tackled the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, even...

We have finally delivered on the promise of health reform -– reform that will bring greater security to every American, and that will rein in the...

And we’re accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy by significantly raising the fuel-efficiency standards of cars and trucks, and by...

Immigration reform is no exception. In recent days, the issue of immigration has become once more a source of fresh contention in our country, with...

And then there are the countless names and the quiet acts that never made the history books but were no less consequential in building this country...

Just a few weeks ago, we had an event of small business owners at the White House. And one business owner was a woman named Prachee Devadas who came...

Now, we can’t forget that this process of immigration and eventual inclusion has often been painful. Each new wave of immigrants has generated fear...

To begin with, our borders have been porous for decades. Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border, but it’s not restricted to...

More fundamentally, the presence of so many illegal immigrants makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigrating legally....

Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform. Under the leadership of Senator Kennedy,...

And you don’t have to take my word for this. You can speak to the police chiefs and others from law enforcement here today who will tell you the...

Our task then is to make our national laws actually work -– to shape a system that reflects our values as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants....

I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this argument, but I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair. It would...

Now, if the majority of Americans are skeptical of a blanket amnesty, they are also skeptical that it is possible to round up and deport 11 million...

Government has a threshold responsibility to secure our borders. That’s why I directed my Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano -- a former...

The southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years. That doesn’t mean we don’t have more work to do. We have to do...

Finally, we have to demand responsibility from people living here illegally. They must be required to admit that they broke the law. They should be...

Our laws should respect families following the rules -– instead of splitting them apart. We need to provide farms a legal way to hire the workers...

And I’ve spoken with representatives from a growing coalition of labor unions and business groups, immigrant advocates and community organizations,...

And, yes, this is an emotional question, and one that lends itself to demagoguery. Time and again, this issue has been used to divide and inflame -–...

One of the largest waves of immigration in our history took place little more than a century ago. At the time, Jewish people were being driven out...

Years before the statue was built -- years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of long and brutal...

A mighty woman with a torch…

Glows world-wide welcome…

“Give me your tired, and your poor,

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

Let us remember these words. For it falls on each generation to ensure that that lamp -– that beacon -– continues to shine as a source of hope...