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Lyndon Johnson: “So instead of using the test of where the immigrant was born, I would hope that we could apply a somewhat more…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1964
So instead of using the test of where the immigrant was born, I would hope that we could apply a somewhat more nondiscriminatory test.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

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

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