Mr. Speaker. I rise to express my strong support for new immigration lawslaws which will eliminate once and for all the discriminatory aspects of our immigration policy. Ours is a nation of immigrants. We have built our greatness from the outcasts of many lands. The persecuted. the oppressed. those who were not wanted elsewhereall of these found refuge upon our shores and contributed to the making of our mighty Nation. We should never forget that our humble origin had Its foundation in the efforts of people who were oppressed elsewhere. I hope that this quality of our history will guide us in humility to eliminate invidious discrimination in regard to our present citizens and in regard to future immigrants. I feel this quality of America in. a most personal way. My ancestors came to settle in Pennsylvania as members of the Schwenkfelder group fleeing religious oppression in Germany.
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