[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       TRIBUTE TO NICK IOANNIDIS

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I salute Nick Ioannidis, a proud U.S. 
citizen and Los Angeles community leader who came to America from his 
native country of Greece in 1969, and all immigrants throughout the 
United States who will join together on October 28th to celebrate 
National Immigrants Day.
  There is much to celebrate in the rich tradition of the American 
immigrant experience, but the element most worthy of celebration is the 
indomitable human spirit that motivates people from every nation to 
give up their homelands for the chance of a better life for themselves 
and their families.
  This proud and diverse heritage is what makes us strong and it is 
what keeps us free; for it is those who have experienced life in a 
country that is not free who can best appreciate, and who will most 
valiantly preserve, our national freedoms.
  It is particularly important to celebrate the contributions of 
immigrants to our society now, when immigrants are made the scapegoats 
for so many of our Nation's problems. To those who find it easier to 
blame immigrants for American social or economic problems than to 
examine the complex roots of these problems, I wish to remind them of a 
quote by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He said, ``Remember, always 
remember, that all of us--and you, and I especially--are descended from 
immigrants.''
  Congratulations to all immigrants for their achievements. I join you 
in celebrating October 28, 1994, as National Immigrants Day.

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