Mr. Speaker. reserving the right to object. I think it should be called to the attention of the House at this time that we have had under consideration today several bills amending the Immigration Act. It seems to be the custom to chop it up paragraph by paragraph. If the immigration law needs revising and rewriting. then there certAinly must be a better way to do it than to cut it up. paragraph by paragraph. into a hundred different bills. Along that line. there is some Indication. and I have noticed in other bills. that there is an apparent desire on the part of some to amend the Immigration Act for the convenience of some particular individual. I do not say that is altogether wrong. but I believe the House should know it. I will just take the time to read one paragraph from the bill now under ccnsideration. H. R. 4571: (g) An immigrant who has served honorably as a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 20. 1898. and before July 5. 1902. or after April 5. 1917. and before November 12. 1918. or who has served or hereafter serves honorably in the sqid forces after September 16. 1940. and until such time as the United States shall cease to be in a state of war. and his wife and unmarried child under 21 years of age. I doubt very seriously if the membership of this House knows what effect a paragraph of that kind will have on the L immigration law. We have passed other bills In this House pertaining to the rights of men who have served In our armed forces. I simply want to call this to the attention of the House. that we L can keep chopping up our immigration " law. paragraph by paragraph. sentence by sentence. adding a little here and a little there. and the first thing we know r we shall have to turn around. go back - and strike out half of It. It is much easier to keep it out than it is to put it In under the procedure we have adopted.
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