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Lyndon Johnson: “Tonight we have an immigration law that no longer asks a man, 'Where do you come from?','It asks, 'What can you do?'”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
Tonight we have an immigration law that no longer asks a man, 'Where do you come from?','It asks, 'What can you do?'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Airport, Port Columbus, Ohio

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