Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Texas offers an amendment of great perception concerning the future of our country. The need is obvious for our society to continue to be a compassionate one and one that encourages immigration. But the encouragement must be one not just to seek the refuge of our shores. but. as well to become a productive part of this great society and to grow with it as an individual. For too long we have simply said to entering immigrants "Welcome. youre on your own." Yes. we have requirements for becoming citizens. but we have had none for those who wish to make this their home. to live. work. and raise their children in our country. We have thereby contributed to ghettossocieties within our societywhich interact only within themselves. but whose inhabitants are not encouraged to learn our English language. understand our economic. political. and governmental systems. or otherwise be participants in the general life of the Nation. Such a situation is healthy neither for the country nor for the individual. There is a need for us to gain insight into these kinds of problems from other countries which have dealt with them successfully. One such nation. one that has. more actively than perhaps any other on Earth. sought emigrants with the intention of forging a viable. new society has been the State of Israel. People have come to her shores from all over the world. speaking a variety of different languages. schooled in a variety of different political. monetary. economic. and governmental systems. and with completely different histories. What has Israel done to bring about a cohesive nation?
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Immigrants are not encouraged to learn English or understand American systems, leading to ghettoization.