Speech #820214142

I now invite the attention of the Senate to the provisions of the substitute amendment which would increase substantially the number of aliens of all races who would be eligible for admission into the United States for permanent residence. This is in addition to the increase of about 50.000 a year which would result from the pooling of quotas. and the increase of untold thousands which would result from the provisions of the substitute amendment which would enable orientals born in the Western Hemisphere to enter this country without numerical limitation. The first new category of nonquota immigrants which the substitute amendment would establish embraces parents of citizens of the United States who. under the present law. are first preference under the quotas. The effect of making parents of citizens nonquota would be. in many instances. to triple the number of aliens who would be admitted into the United States. because this provision would be operative principally with respect to the parents of naturalized citizens. In other words. under this provision. an alien would come to the United States. and as soon as he is naturalized. his parents would be admissible outside the quota limitations. The second new category of nonquota immigrants which the substitute amendment would establish embraces untold numbers of children under 18 years of age who are separated from either or both parents and who meet certain vague standards prescribed in the amendment. Remember. Mr.