And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

People are required to show a legal identity, their required to show a proof of age and citizenship, which may be shown through a variety of ways such as a voter registration card, or motor vehicle ID card rather than a drivers license if they do not have a drivers license.

Strategic partnership is based on a shared set of values.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

Nearly two decades later, others would raise this question, would talk about books as mirrors and windows, and Ed Lim, tired by then, would find himself as frustrated as he was grateful. We’ve always known, he would think; what took you so long?