Except for a small number of Native Americans, everyone is originally from somewhere else, and even recent immigrants can rise to top economic and political roles. President Franklin Roosevelt once famously addressed the Daughters of the American Revolution – a group that prided itself on the early arrival of its ancestors – as “fellow immigrants.”
美国剑桥—美国是一个移民国家。除了少部分土著，所有美国人都来自其他地方，即使是新来移民，也可以在美国经济和政治舞台出人头地。富兰克林·罗斯福总统对美国革命女儿会——该团体以祖先最早到达美国为自豪——做过著名评价，称他们是“同伴移民”。