This is a private Immigration bill which the House has amended. The bill as originally approved by the Senate provided for making a deduction from the appropriate quota. The House has amended this to provide for a deduction from the number of displaced persons who shall be granted the status of permanent residence. By way of explanation. let me say to my colleagues that in the amendment to the displaced persons act which we passed at the last session. it was provided that certain displaced persons already in the United States might be granted the status of permanent residents at the discretion of the Attorney General and with the approval of the Congress. The procedure which the House has implemented by its amendment to this bill would charge the beneficiaries to this group of displaced persons. rather than charging the regular immigration quotas. The House has done this not only in the case of this bill. but also in connection with two other bills which I shall call up shortly. It appears that the aliens involved in all of these bills are in fact displaced persons. but are ineligible for adjustment of their status under the Displaced Persons Act because of the strict provisions of that law.
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