SAKI said the fundraiser would be the only exclusively South Asian event Senator Kerry would attend in the run-up to the Presidential election in November.
His multi-millionaire, Mozambique-born, Portuguese-speaking wife Teresa Heinz was also a naturalised citizen, he said. "She didn't vote until she was 31 years old and she didn't see her father vote until he was 71 years old because she lived in a dictatorship."
"We want all immigrants to feel safe and comfortable. We will revive civil liberties and ensure that all Americans, irrespective of their beliefs and where they came from, get equal opportunities."
John Edwards, the charming senator from North Carolina and Kerry's nominee for vice-president, addresses the guests.
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