Read the quotation from President Obama’s 2014 speech on immigration. For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations. What is the best paraphrase of this statement? The US needs to reduce immigration to be competitive in today’s world. In 200 years, the US has welcomed millions of immigrants from other nations. Accepting immigrants to our shores has made the US stronger than other nations. For centuries, the United States’ treatment of immigrants has helped the country win wars.