Showing up in the US with nothing or very close to it and then finding success and building, you know, growing roots and becoming part of the community. And We're getting to the point where there's nothing more American than trying to rip that away and then trying to invent excuses for it that are anything but xenophobia. And racism. Exactly. It's awful. Yeah. I mean, my family owned a small business for 30 years. We were a garden center outside of Chicago. And yeah, they did it for a long time. (18:30–18:39)
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Asserts that efforts to take away immigrant success are driven by xenophobia and racism.
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