Peter Schweizer
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They met in Stockholm, Sweden, came to the United States.
I was born here, and I dedicated the book to her because of...
The encouragement and love she gave me over the years, but she also, in my mind, epitomized what I hope we all want the immigration story to be, which is you come to the United States, you embrace America, and you love this country.
It doesn't mean you have to have a certain set of politics, but your design and your goal is for America to thrive and be successful, and your allegiance is to this country.
So they came here.
My father trained as an engineer at the Stockholm Technical Institute.
He got a job in Springfield, Vermont, working for a small company.
He then got a job opportunity to work for Boeing.
So I was raised in Seattle, Washington, and they became citizens in 1977.
That's 15 years after they came here.
So an amazing story.
And I and I owe them a huge debt.
Probably not.
And they didn't train any Swedish pilots either.
I think if you're interested in public affairs and you want to have a fresh view of what's going on, look, the immigration wars have been going on for decades.
You've covered them, Mark.
There have been books written.
I would argue this is a very, very different book because it's saying the way you think about immigration as it relates to wages, jobs, culture, is not really what this book is about.
It is about something different.
So if you're concerned about the security of our country, you're concerned about the issue of immigration, and you want to โ