South Carolina governor urges tolerance for immigrants in State of Union response
Thomson Reuters Foundation ·
By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, giving the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, took a softer tone on immigration than the harsh rhetoric often heard from her party's presidential candidates.
The 43-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants noted in a speech delivered from Columbia, the South Carolina state capital, that "immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America."
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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, giving the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, took a softer tone on immigration than the harsh rhetoric often heard from her party's presidential candidates.
The 43-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants noted in a speech delivered from Columbia, the South Carolina state capital, that "immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America."
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