Mr. President. reserving the right to object--and I do not intend to objectI wish to make a statement about the bill. For some time the Senate has been exercising its legitimate power of waiving certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act in favor of the wives of American servicemen or veterans. I heartily approve of this practice. In most cases the waivers are of crimes that while involving moral turpitude are readily reduced in significance by various extenuating and mitigating factors. In addition. in most cases the marriages took place in good faith without knowledge of the immigration disability of the foreign bride. It is because this case differs from that general pattern that I wish to make this comment. In this instance Sergeant Burdo was advised by the military authorities that his bride would not be eligible to enter the United States following his marriage under existing law because she had committed a crime involving moral turpitude.
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