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says that the present laws offer full protection to the security of the United States. Mr. President. perhaps it Is inappropriate but maybe I ought to clarify these waters with a few facts: Never in the history of American immigration has there been a more thorough security screening system. The curious thing about this whole business is that most people seem to forget that all the regular consular and immigration service protections apply in this program. In addition. we find that the Displaced Persons Commission has at least seven additional steps which are more rigorous than in normal immigration: 1. In no other immigration program does the FBI check on each immigrant. as it does here. 2. In no other immigration program does the CIC throw its entire resources for the protection of American security. as it does here. 3. In no other normal immigration program does the Immigration and Naturalization Service have two inspections. one overseas and one in the United States. and in no other program do the consuls and the immigration inspectors get the whole file. including security reports. as they do here. 4. In no other immigration program does one find an automatic bar of anyone who was ever a member of the Nazi or Fascist Parties. as well as of the Communist Party. 5. In no other immigration program is there a special investigation of immigrants who come from countries behind the iron curtain. 6. In no other normal Immigration program are there special laboratory facilities to check the authenticity of documents. 7. And last. in no other immigration program does the immigrant have to take a nonCommunist oath upon arrival in the United States. as would be required by the bill under consideration. Mr. President. we have had many weary hours of debate. but very few have been devoted to the merits.