In making this assertion. I guarantee to the opposition that I am just as sincere and just as patriotic as they are in making their allegations. This bill. in the guise of codification. makes many dangerous and unreasonable changes in existing laws controlling immigration. deportation. and nationalities. As four dissenting members of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate have already stated: The bill would inject new racial discrimlnatiors into our law. establish many new vague. and highly abusable requirements for admission. impede the admission of refugees from totalitarian oppression. incorporate into law vague standards for deportation and denaturalization. and would deprive persons within our borders of fundamental judicial protections. I have no desire within the course of a single address to discuss in detail the many provisions which would have such an effect. This would be an impossible task because of the complexities of this bill. Therefore. I shall limit my remarks to the general question of immigration and specifically to the problem of the national origins quota system. This Is a problem which has vexed our people and our Congress for a long time. It has been resented by many persons who spring from certain stocks because of its discriminatory nature.
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