Mr. Speaker. it has been felt by many people since its enactment that the McCarran Immigration Act was unfair. unjust. and discriminatory to prospective immigrants from southern Europe and Middle East countries. Personally. I have long questioned the justice and equity of the national origins clause of our basic immigration laws because I have believed that under the operation of this clause and the laws and regulations by which it is enforced. that Italy. Greece. Armenia. Lebanon. Turkey. as well as Poland and Lithuania were not accorded proper quotas. The operation of these laws has been harsh in its effect on many splendid American citizens whose origin is in southern European and near eastern countries.
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