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Lyndon Johnson: “So it is in that spirit that I declare this afternoon to the people of Cuba that those who seek refuge here in America…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1965
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.
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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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