First. a bill is considered and debated before the duly authorized legislators prior to its passage into law. secondly. having been passed. the new legal instrument must weather the administrative trials which necessarily arise in its proper execution. We might in a sense look upon this twosided struggle of a piece of legislation as a test of its capability to become law and its ultimate operability as law. All this brings to mind the situation surrounding the Refugee Relief Act which was passed by the Congress last summer and signed by the President in August. What with the discussions and sometimes bitter controversies provoked by the parent law of all immigration. the McCarran Act. it was little wonder that such a bill permitting the admission of 214.000 persons from refugee or overpopulated areas came in for its share of opposition. Now. almost a year after its enactment. the effectiveness of the Refugee Act has scsrcely been demonstrated. Up to the present time hardly any visas have been granted under this new law. perhaps as few as 50. according to available figures. The question then comes to mind. why the delay? Not without some merit has been the explanation In certain quarters that it has taken these many months to set in motion all the details of administration.
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