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Maney. Direc- able to an oversubscribed quota could be tor. Visa Office. Department of State. charged to the more favorable quota of her befoe te Naionl Cunci onNtl accompanying husband. under the new law before the National Council on Natural- a husband as well as wife may be charged ization and Citizenship. New York. N. Y.. to the more favorable quota of the accomon April 2. 1954: panying spouse. For example. the Greek NEW TRENDS IN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION husband of an English woman may be (By Edward S. Maney) charged to the quota of Great Britain. Similarly. a child may now be charged to The National Council on Naturalization his own quota. the quota of his accompanyand Citizenship. I understand. is primarily ing father. or that of his mother. whichever concerned with the problems of the immi- of the three Is most favorable. In the patt grant who wishes to integrate into the a child mandatorily had to be charged to American community and to become a citi- the quota of the accompanying father. This zen of the United States. From this point relaxation of the law which may seem unimof view the members of the council will portant. I assure you. has brought relief to be interested in certain changes which the many an immigrant family by giving tbem Immigration and Nationality Act has an opportunity to come to the United States brought about in the immigration field and together rather than choosing between sepwhich will be reflected in the composition aration or waiting together abroad. of the group that makes up our new immi- Another change relating to the quota grants. chargeability has brought relief for many The Immigration and Nationality Act. hardship cases for which there was no satiswhich was enacted on June 27. 1952. has factory solution under the old law. In a now been in operation for more than 15 considerable number of cases prospective immonths. Almost unnoticed by the general migrants born In countries with small and public. this act has brought about a num- oversubscribed quotas had to be given the ber of changes that have proven beneficial discouraging information that they had to to those who wish to come to the United anticipate an indefinite waiting period under States and have in many ways facilitated the quota of their country of birth although the administration of the law they had no tie to the country of their birth. Before I discuss with you some of these The typical example Is that of an alien changes. let me remind you that the basic born In India while his British parents were concepts of the Immigation and Nationality stationed there as missionaries or that of a Act are not different from those which have Swiss person born in Egypt whose father was been the basis of American Immigration pw- stationed there as a consular officer of his Icy ever since there has been a limitation country. The law now permits that an allen on the number of immigrants to the United who was born In a country In which neither Stater. I am discussing these basic concepts of his parents was born and in which neither not only because they have remained un- of his parents had a residence at the time of changed but also because they relate to such aliens birth may be charged to the American immigration policy. which Is the quota of either parent. In other words. to responsibility of the Congress of the United use our examples. the alien born in India States. I will discuss with you changes the may be charged to the British quota to which new law has brought about and which have his parents would have been chargeable. and become most obvious to us In the !isa Ofce_ite iseA Who was born as son of the Swiss A5505