If they were saying it, I missed it and it must have gone unreported because I have been following the news pretty close on this issue.
Oh, they never said it with words. They never said it as they "proudly" waved their nations' flags. No, they said it by their very presence on foreign soil, seeking all the advantages that a legal presence on tht soil brings. If their homelands were so full of the promise and hope that America holds out, why would they leave?
Isn't that the reason for most, if not all, immigration--the promise of something better?