Obama: 'They were them'

Published: Jan 29 2013 04:39:38 PM EST Updated On: Jan 29 2013 04:01:27 PM EST

President Barack Obama throws his support behind an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws, drawing contrasts with our nation’s history of immigrants.

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