A Toast to Our Legal Immigrants

Here’s to you.

You played by the rules.

You filed the paperwork.

You waited for the green light.

You’ve kept your visa current, obtained a green card, or become a citizen.

Thank you.

Thank you for respecting our laws,

for recognizing that no person is above the law;

instead, seeing that law is king.

Thank you for seeing the value in this country.

Thank you for sharing in our American dream:

that wherever you come from,

whatever your story,

you have the opportunity to work hard and achieve greatness.

This administration may thumb its nose at you,

it may not recognize what you sacrificed in order to come here and stay here legally.

But I just want to say…

thank you.