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joining us now is speaker newt gingrich

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uh... mister speaker

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uh... welcome to the program so much to discuss but first

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i want to make sure that we uh... discuss

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your new film coming out

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which will premiere on pbs on january fourteenth

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uh... at ten p m eastern i want to play the trailer and then get some of your

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remarks on a play cut one ninety one please

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Immigrants have come to America from around the world for many reasons.

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Some fled famine and poverty, others sought religious freedom,

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and some came for the possibility of a better life.

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My name is Andy Kissinger, and I came to America in 1938.

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The promise of freedom and opportunity continues to be a powerful draw

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for those who make their journey to America.

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Mr. Speaker, tell us about this project.

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Well, I think I was inspired by Kalista because her grandmother came to the United States legally from Poland

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through Ellis Island as there's something like 12 million other people and so we believe deeply in legal

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Immigration and we are strongly opposed to illegal immigration and we want to make the case that

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People who have come here legally, some famous like Henry Kissinger, others like Maria Dom,

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who had been adopted from a Siberian orphanage and went on to become the first woman certified

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by the Marine Corps as a combat infantryman. All of them in their own unique way has made America

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And it's important that we find ways to strengthen legal immigration at the very same time that we control the border and we deport people who are here illegally.

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So that's what we did.

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We're very proud that PBS picked it up and that people can find it streaming at PBS.org.

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And I think I'll find that it's a very educational and at the same time a very interesting show.

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Mr. Speaker, 20 seconds, please plug the film one more time.

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Journey to America. You can find it on pbs.org. It's a great portrait of nine people who have made America a much better country