Under the section of the law which this measure seeks to amend. section 2A. paragraph 1. it is provided that the preference shall first be given to a quota immigrant who is the unmarried child under 21 years of age. the father. the mother. the husband. or the wife of a citizen of the United States who is 21 years of age or over. If I correctly construe the resolution which we are asked to consider. it gives to an alien in this country who has declared his intention to apply for citizenship a preference to bring in members of his family over a person who is already a citizen of the United States. If that is the purpose of itand I can place no other construction upon the bill or the law as I read themthen we are certainly discriminating in favor of the alien who has merely declared his intention to become a citizen as against the person who is already a citizen of the United States. He is placed in a preferential class. He is given first preference over all the other classes under the Senators joint resolution.
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