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“Our beautiful America was built by a nation of strangers. From a hundred different places or more they have poured forth into an empty land, joining and blending in one mighty and irresistible tide. [Quoting President Lyndon B. Johnson’s remarks at the signing ceremony of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on Liberty Island in New York.]” ImmigrationUnited States Of AmericaLbj Book:One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965 Source: One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965