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Lyndon Johnson: “Our first concern will be with those Cubans who have been separated from their children and their parents and their…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1965
Our first concern will be with those Cubans who have been separated from their children and their parents and their husbands and their wives and that are now in this country.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York

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