Immigrants: The Pride of America

Yesterday, the Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrated 45 women and men from around the world as “Americans by Choice” in a full-page public service announcement in the July 4 edition of the New York Times.  See Download Ccny

Since 2006, Carnegie Corporation of New York has annually on July 4 saluted founder Andrew Carnegie’s legacy (Carnegie was a previous ImmigrationProf Immigrant of the Day, by celebrating an ideal he held so dearly: citizenship.

The public service announcement declares:

“The United States of America remains a land of immigrants. Andrew Carnegie, who founded Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911, was an immigrant from Scotland. We at Carnegie Corporation salute his legacy, along with the contributions of the millions of other immigrants who have made, and continue to make, our nation strong and vibrant. We are committed to helping immigrants become integrated into the civic fabric of our nation because enlightened citizenship is the everlasting strength of our democracy. Our national motto, — “out of many, one” — continues to be an ideal we can all aspire to and a true guiding light for our nation.” 

The ad lists, with pictures, who have made contributions to their new country.  Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of these “Immigrants by Choice.”

KJ