Speech #810013012

The particular portions of the two bills. to which I desire to make specific reference. are those which relate to the classification of the alien wives and the unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States. While H. R. 5004 provided that nonquota status should be accorded all alien wives and unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States. regardless of their ancestry or race. the present bill in effect provides that the alien wives and unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States shall be classified as firstpreference quota immigrants if they are chargeable to quotas of less than 200. This means that all Asian wives and unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States. and all those wives and unmarried minor children of the white or black race. who were born in countries such as Australia. South Africa. or Palestine. or any other country having a quota of less than 200 annually. would not be granted nonquota status. but would be entitled to consideration only as firstpreference quota immigrants. The alien wives and unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States who are chargeable to quotas of more than 200 would be granted nonquota status as in existing law. The committee made this change in the bill because of the fear of a large influx of oriental immigrants as the nonquota wives and unmarried minor children of persons of oriental races who will be permitted to become naturalized under the bill. The change does not have the approval of the Department of State. which. I understand. would prefer to treat all alien wives and unmarried minor children of citizens of the United States on a basis of parity. regardless of race or the size of the quota to which the aliens would ordinarily be chargeable.