U2's Bono claimed John Lennon and all the other members of the Beatles as Irish during an event in New York City on Wednesday, July 29.
The frontman attended a ceremony on Ellis Island to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lennon receiving his U.S. green card.
While at the event Bono addressed the 1974 iconic portrait of Lennon at Ellis Island holding up a peace sign in front of the Statue of Liberty, according to The Irish Times.
"He didn't sail across the Atlantic in an ocean liner or a yellow submarine. He didn't come in on a third-class ticket looking for a job in Hell's Kitchen. He didn't climb up out of steerage with all his potatoes in a single suitcase. But John Lennon was an immigrant all the same."
Others in attendance at the event included Yoko Ono, The Edge and Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International.
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