With political rhetoric appearing against immigrants in America and many other countries, let’s remember 10 Immigrants who have made America great. 1. Albert Einstein, Germany We wouldn’t know that E = mc2 without him. 2. Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovakia Immigrated at age 11, first female US Secretary of State. 3. Sergey Brin, Russia Co-founded a little company called Google. 4. Jerry Yang, Taiwan Immigrated knowing one English word: “shoe”, co-founded Yahoo. 5. Salma Hayek, Mexico Actor/producer/model, we don’t hear Trump demanding walls around her. 6. Yao Ming, China Played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets. 7. Christine Amanpour, UK British-Iranian descent, leading news correspondent. 8. Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Actor/director/producer, martial arts legend. 9. Pierre Omidyar, France Son of Iranian immigrants, founded Ebay. 10. Steve Jobs’ dad, Syria Steve co-founded Apple, so if you are reading this on an iPhone you can thank him. Who will be the next immigrant to make America great?
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