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Weekly Address: Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month

Summary: 
In this week's address, the President recognized Immigrant Heritage Month, an occasion that allows us to celebrate our origins as a nation of immigrants.
President Obama Tapes the Weekly Address 6.6.15

President Barack Obama tapes the Weekly Address in the Map Room of the White House. June 5, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

In this week's address, the President recognized Immigrant Heritage Month, an occasion that allows us to celebrate our origins as a nation of immigrants.  The basic idea of welcoming people to our shores is central to our ancestry and our way of life. That’s why the President asked everyone to visit whitehouse.gov/NewAmericans and share stories of making it to America.

And as we celebrate our heritage and our diversity, the President promised to continue to fight to fix our current broken immigration system and make it more just and more fair, strengthening America in the process.

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