saying to their peoples, look, the united states is a racist people and we were very concerned about losing a propaganda mention. and groups once said to be racially inferior were becoming part of the american family. we in america are immigrants. a new idea was born. a people welded from many nations. america, the land of immigrants. we take it for granted that that s how we always imagined ourselves. that s new at this time. my country welcomed so many sons and daughters of so many countries and gave them a fair chance and a fair opportunity. one of the early champions of that new idea was john f. kennedy. he was part of the immigration story. i mean, the kennedys, irish