Ruben Martinez Professions : Journalist Born : 1962 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Ruben Martinez Immigration is a kind of pilgrimage. That's the way I see it. Just to go back to the desert, biblical metaphors, that's the story of great migration right there, the Old Testament. Ruben Martinez desert biblical immigration The wheel [migration] has been spinning and spinning and spinning. Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a world where that circle stops spinning in that crazy way? Because that's a huge wheel that's crushing people's lives, real people's lives, families. Ruben Martinez crush crazy real It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done. Ruben Martinez soul simple age The question of receiving the immigrant is an ethical issue that becomes a political issue. Ruben Martinez ethical-issues receiving political Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors