"...I am in between pride and shame..."
-Warren Cheng

"...I just stood there astonished that the house was the size of my bedroom in Poland..."
- Michal Krasnopolski

"...America is a melting pot, where most cultures are lost in the ever-changing society..."
-Raymond Li

"...What I don’t understand is why they are like this and why they prevent opportunities to individual persons. Like hurting animals. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan ay bakit sila ganito at bakit sila nagkakait ng opurtunidad sa mga tao. Parang hayop na sinasaktan..."
- Vince Morel B. Vilan

"...But it wasn't like that, I was gone, and I didn't have the chance to say good-bye to my friends, teachers, neighbors, only to my two best friends, I felt that a lot of things got postponed. Pero no fue asi, me habia marchado sin despedirme de mis amigos, profesores, vecinos, solamente de mis dos mejores amigas, y se que deje muchas cuentas pendientes..."
-Nancy Lee

"...before I came to America adults around me just kept on telling me how good America was and how fortunate it was that our family got to go to America..."
-Grace Zeng

"...I couldn't communicate, or go shopping by myself because of my fear that I didn't speak English. No podia comunicarme, salir de compras por mi misma por mi temor de que no hablar Ingles..."
-Cristy Avila

"...many different Asian families have different traditions, because maybe the traditions are passed down differently and soon they may be forgotten..."
-Anna Mah

"...I told my mom, 'Let's go back to El Salvador'..."
-Brenda Arce

"...Illegal immigrants work helping the productivity of the economy to progress because they are crucial to agriculture, industry, and tourism of the U.S...."
-Nancy Lee