Syrian. Lebanese. and other descents. anxious to be united with their loved ones overseas. are interested in securing appropriate changes in existing law that would liberalize current restrictions and permit some of their relatives to come to the United States and since I am convinced that their pleas and claims are just and in the interest of many loyal American citizens as well as the Nation itself. I am preparing an amendment to our immigration laws which would. if enacted. allow the unused quotas of all countries to be allocated on an equitable proportional basis to other countries with oversubscribed quota waiting lists. While I realize that this measure would drastically revise the operation of the national origins clause. it is my conviction that it would work substantial justice to many thousands of worthy American citizens whose close relatives are now caught in the web of current discriminatory quotas and would have otherwise to wait for many years before getting an opportunity to join their loved ones in the United States. if indeed they could ever come to this country. Let me make it clear that this measure does not in any way increase the present overall quota totals but merely equitably redistributes the unused quotas so that substantial justice can .be done to a large number of fine American citizens and their relatives.
Keywords matched
immigration