Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Once again, it stamps the mark of failure on a regime when many of its citizens voluntarily choose to leave the land of their birth for a mo...

This bill says simply that from this day forth those wishing to immigrate to America shall be admitted on the basis of their skills and thei...

So it is in that spirit that I declare this afternoon to the people of Cuba that those who seek refuge here in America will find it.

I have directed the Departments of State and Justice and Health, Education, and Welfare to immediately make all the necessary arrangements t...