This present bill will add another bundle to the wagon that can hardly move. Now. gentlemen. I want you to bear with me. and in order to appreciate these provi sions we must understand this particular angle of our immigration laws. Prior to 1.921 we had no quota laws at all. Any man or woman who was physically fit could enter this country. In 1921 you fixed a quota law on the basis of 3 per cent based on the census of 1910. As a result of that quota law there came to this country about 240.000. approximately. In. 1924 you made a drastic change in that law. and you have made it a permanent policy. and you adopted in 1.924 the 1890 census as a basis. As the result of that. under the present immigration law. if a country has. say. 300. this total quota of 300 will be used as follows: Onehalf for preferences and onehalf to the socalled new blood. What happens under the present preference? A father and mother of an American citizen could come under itthat is. be taken out of the 150 if the quota is 300.
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