"From the windows of my office in Boston ... I can see the Golden Stairs from Boston Harbor where all eight of my great-grandparents set foot on this great land for the first time. That immigrant spirit of limitless possibility animates America even today."

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Source: Attributed to a 2007 Senate speech by Kathy Kiely, Kennedy 'fashioned the modern day legal system of immigration', abcnews.go.com.

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Edward Kennedy

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Edward Kennedy was a U.S. Senator known for his advocacy on healthcare, civil rights, and education reform, shaping American policy for decades.

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