We are not going to ask where they come from or who their fathers were. We will only ask. in the words of President Kennedy. what they can do for this. their new country. Let us erase forever today the stereotype of the immigrant in our history. The cities of America no longer have the foreign neighborhoods. the cultural islands. separate. unassimilated. a drag on the Nation. They are gone and policies based on them should be gone. The immigrant of today can do a great deal for his country and he should be admitted on that basis. This bill will also bring our immigration policy in line with the foreign policy of our country. We have sent tens of thousands of American soldiers to Vietnam to defend the people of that country because we believe that as free people they are worthy of our support. But if the finest citizen of Vietnam wanted to come and live in America today. he would have to wait for many years.
Identified stereotypes
The stereotype of the immigrant in our history is that they create foreign neighborhoods and cultural islands that are a drag on the nation.