Speech #820214023

There are some features in our substitute which are also in the McCarran bill. There are other features in our substitute which are not found in the McCarran bill. My argument is this: We have been able to demonstrate without successful contradiction that there are a number of provisions in the McCarran billyes. hundreds of provisionswhich are inequitable. which literally threaten the principle of due process of law. which violate the Administrative Procedure Act. which place upon the immigration statute books new barriers in terms of discriminatory features. and I submit that the Senate should not proceed to legislate in this complex and intricate field until we have had an opportunity to give all possible consideration to every single argument which has been considered and brought out in this debate. We have had to do in this debate what I had hoped we could do before the Committee on the Judiciary. We have had to make. in the should have been taken down as testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary. I appeal to Senators who feel that some improvement is needed in our immigration policy to study our substitute. I say to them that it is fair. It is equitable. It places America in proper relationship with the rest of the world. particularly the Asiatic area of the world. It provides an opportunity for unusual talent to come to this country under the quotapooling system. It provides opportunity for parents of naturalized citizens to come to this country. and for orphans. wives. and children of members of the Armed Forces. I believe ours is a measure which will meet the needs. My appeal to the Senate is not to try to enact 302 pages of legislative proposals before we have had an opportunity to understand thoroughly and to consider them. but to enact a bill that is reasonable. fair. and understandable.