The diversity program symbolizes what makes America great because. with a little luck and hard work. anyone can succeed here. We are the only country that can say that. By shifting most of the diversity visas to the worlds privileged elite. the Gregg amendment will dash the hopes of those who dream of a better life. It would also shift the visas away from Africa and the developing world and toward wealthier European and Asian states. This would overturn the whole point of the program. Accepting the Gregg amendment would send a terrible message about what America is all about. not a land of opportunity but. rather. an exclusive club. I believe our diversity is one of the greatest resources of our strength and one of the truly unique things about this country. In an earlier time our laws discriminated against those coming from major areas of the world. We eliminated the national origin quota system which discriminated against many of those who came from the Mediterranean basin. We eliminated the Asian Pacific triangle. In 1964 we had 127 individuals who came from Asia or from India or from Pakistan and those areas127.
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