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Eisenhower: “Obviously people who have risked their lives to escape from totalitarian nations often have no passports.”

On the recordMay 26, 1955
Obviously people who have risked their lives to escape from totalitarian nations often have no passports.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Amendments to the Refugee Relief Act

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