Mr. Speaker and gentlemen. this bill reduces the quota immigration from all quota countries by 90 per cent. It does not touch nonimmigrant or immigrant of nonquota classes. It takes nonquota countries. such as Canada and Mexico. divides their immigration during the last fiscal year by the figure 10 and gives them 10 per cent of their immigration during last year. The 10 per cent that comes from quota countries will be used almost wholly by near relatives. Large numbers of near relatives come as nonquota immigrants. The 10 per cent which is thus given to them will be used chiefly by immigrants of the preferred classes. There is a necessity for this legislation. Your humble servant and others have been trying for 10 years to have enacted legislation of this character. and this House knows it. We have had just such opposition as developed here tonight. If we had passed this immigration bill five years ago. there would be two or three million less hungry men and women in the United States right now. Talk about constructive legislation! This is constructive legislation.
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