Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I am asking the Department of State to seek through the Swiss Government immediately the agreement of the Cuban Government in a request to t...

Today, with my signature, this system is abolished.

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.

We can now believe that it will never again shadow the gate to the American Nation with the twin barriers of prejudice and privilege.