I am an immigrant to the United States. In the process of becoming a citizen there was one document, with a wonderful snippet, that continues to be deeply inspiring for me. It reflects the promise of America. The document was the United States Declaration of Independence [text here], and these words. . . . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That last part forms for me the essence of what it…