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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “You have countries which have a population for example, of 1/25 or 1/20 of that of Italy, which have an immigration…”

On the recordJune 10, 1963
You have countries which have a population for example, of 1/25 or 1/20 of that of Italy, which have an immigration quota to the United States greater than Italy, and which use only half of the available quota and, of course, the Italian quota is oversubscribed.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Delegates of the American Committee on Italian Migration.

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