Many Filipinos enlist in the U.S. armed services and become American citizens. They and those from the other Pacific islands who come to the United States are a valuable addition to America. Today. our major source of immigration is not Europe. as It was in the past. It is the area to the south and the west of usMexico. Central and South America. the islands of the Pacific. and Southeast Asia. These refugees who come to America. as well as those in orderly departure programs from China. Taiwan. Korea. Japan. and other Pacific nations. are the new and vital Americans who perhaps appreciate more than some native Americans what the freedom and opportunity of America means. They reinvigorate us with a love of family. respect for elders. the work ethic. appreciation of education. and loyalty to employers that may have diminished in some Americans who have been here for generations. And so. on this Fourth of July 1989. let us celebrate our new infusion of immigration. with its respect for family. freedom. opportunity. and country. With this as stimulus. let us restore nationwide our earlier virtues that made us the ideal of the world. And let us continue to extend to those peoples yearning for freedom around the world not only example. but concrete help in achieving that freedom.
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Immigrants appreciate freedom and opportunity more than native Americans and reinvigorate the country with positive values.