Mr. Chairman. the subcommittee headed by the gentleman from Pennsylvania has done a monumental job in preparing the pending proposed codification of our laws governing immigration and naturalization. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is one of the most respected and able Members of Congress. The subcommittee did not. as I understand it. endeavor to use this codification bill to effect a general substantive revision of our immigration and naturalization statutes. Rather it attempted to codify and clarify existing law. Because of this fact. the bill reiterates existing immigration policies decided upon by Congress in previous sessions. The bill restates some policies with which I do not agree. but it does without question contain much that is good. For instance. sections 201. 202. and 311 eliminate race as a bar to immigration and naturalization. This is one of the few important substantive changes made by the bill. and it is a very good one. In fact.
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