Then. Mr. Chairman. we had a wilderness to conquer. "savages" to be subdued by we immigrants. laws to be established. and land to be cultivated. Our task was to bring civilization to America. Immigration had to play a major part in this development. Immigration policy has always been geared to our own national interests. This is as it should be. But our national interest now is not the same as it was a few decades ago. Mr. Chairman. from the "melting pot" which we certainly were. and had to be. has come an American culture. a culture no. less unique than that of any other established nation in the world.
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