Garland calls on Americans to overcome polarization in emotional Ellis Island speech
NEW YORK — Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed the urgent” need to overcome the “intense polarization in America” in an impassioned and at times emotional speech on Saturday. Garland delivered his remarks after administering the oath of allegiance to 200 new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony on Ellis Island in New York. “We must not allow the fractures between us to fracture our democracy,” Garland said. “We are all in this together. We are all Americans.”/ In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, Garland choked back tears as ...
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