Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I would hope that in establishing preferences a Nation that was really built by immigrants, immigrants from all lands, that we could ask those who seek to immigrate now: What can you do for our country?

Context

Remarks to Representatives of Organizations Interested in Immigration and the Problems of Refugees.

01/12/1964

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