On the recordOctober 2, 1965
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 their close relationship to those already here.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “This bill says simply that from this day forth those wishing to immigrate to America shall be admitted on the basis of…”
Editor's note · Context
Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York
Share
More from Lyndon Johnson
Jul 4, 1968
In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.
Jul 5, 1968
Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
Jul 4, 1968
We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.
Jan 19, 1969
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-third.
Other voices in this conversation
