There are many cases similar to the one I have just described. and I could cite many from my own State. Mr. President. in the consideration of a bill aimed at a codification of the immigration laws provision should be made to take care of such cases as this. Of course. when the original law was drafted. no one ever thought that concentration camps would exist for five or more years. No one thought that the seas would not be safe for navigation for more than 5 or 6 years. The time has come to cure the manifest inequities which exist. and there are many of them. For instance. recently the United States Senate passed a bill to permit a specialist in watch manufacturing to become an immigrant and subject to naturalization. legislative action being necessary simply because there had been lodged against this man in Switzerland a charge designed to keep him from becoming an American citizen. and going to work in the watchmanufacturing industry. The industry wanted his services. they were necessary to improve American production. but Congress had to pass a special act to remove the obstacle. Instead of making people welcome in accordance with the inscription on the famous Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. it seems that we are striving by this bill to make the situation worse.
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