Mr. President. the pending bill continues the injustices of the quota provisions of the 1924 act and 1929 nationaloriginsquota system. It discriminates against refugees from communism and against the very populous areas of southeastern Europe. I have just made some calculations and find that there are only about 11.000 persons who can be admitted each year from countries which are behind the iron curtain. whereas there are hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of refugees from these countries who have fled to Germany and Western Europe. who want to come to our country. and against whom we have closed the door. We admit only 6.000 each year from Italy. Greece. and other overpopulated countries. At the same time there are approximately 45.000 places in the British quota which are unused. and approximately 8.000 in the Irish quota. which are unused. Unfortunately. the German quota cannot be used for many of the ethnic Germans whose national origin. from a geographical point of view. was in other countries. and a portion of that quota is unused. In other words. the quota system is inapplicable at the present time. I hope very much that the veto of the President may be sustained. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD at this point an article analyzing the weaknesses of this bill entitled "The McCarran Immigration Bill." written by Msgr. John OGrady and published in the Commonweal of June 20. 1952.
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