Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the … - Ruben Martinez

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There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.

Ruben Martinez

Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's the story of great migration right there, the Old Testament.

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The wheel [migration] has been spinning and spinning and spinning. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a world where that circle stops spinning in that crazy way? Because that's a huge wheel that's crushing people's lives, real people's lives, families.

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It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done.

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The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue.

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In all the dictatorships, there's such a non-understanding of what human beings are. I mean, if you believe in the Bible, you have the story of Adam and Eve and God tells them, "Do whatever you want. The only thing you shouldn't do is eat the apple. " What do they do the first thing? They eat the apple. So if you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.

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