John Kennedy actually said...

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.

Context

Remarks to Delegates of the American Committee on Italian Migration.

06/10/1963

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