Mr. President. this Nation of immigrants needs to be reminded of its heritage. the open door. How many of us would be here today if earlier generations of Americans had chosen to deny us access to these shores? America. it is true. has paid a dreadful price for its misadventure in Indochina. Our final payment must take the form of accepting and providing for the Vietnamese refugees who fled with the last Americans to leave Saigon. The alternative would have been to have left them bobbing in the sea. The price of past error has been high. But we cannot. in good conscience. escape this final payment.
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