Mr. President. I rise to support H.R. 2580. a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. We are about to write one of the finest pages in the human history of America. this land where only the red man is native. this land of immigrants since Columbus first set foot on this sacred soil. This soil is sacred in the sincere faith of every American in whose youth. or the youth of his parent. this land of liberty was just beyond the horizon of hope as he viewed it from his native soil. Then came the day of welcome. of opportunity. of responsibility. of obligation. The record shows their obligation has been discharged by 40 million immigrants and their offspring. discharged in faithful service and sacrifice supreme. This is an honest hour in which we are about to remedy one of the faults of 40 years. the national origins quota system. This was a device for discriminating against races and places. It was illogical. ill conceived. unAmerican.
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