Session #84 · 1955–57

Speech #840001622

The old. the infirm or the unskilled still find entrance to the United States along with their younger. more energetic and better trained relatives. More than that. we specifically accord preferential treatment to relatives of United States citizens and residents of the United States. regardless of age. In that respect. our immigration laws are certainly superior to those of many countries which are much less critically looked upon in discussions held in the worlds press. I would like to remind you that even enemies of our form of government are not necessarily forever barred from entering into our midst. You know well. that reformed totalitarians. including reformed Communists. can settle among us permanently and that active members of organizations which we hate and abhor can enter temporarily if they can show that their enmity toward our way of life does not carry immediate danger to our country. Surely. that much of selfprotection on our part is about the simplest minimum demonstration of common sense. But it is precisely on this point that baseless criticism is being leveled at the Immigration and Nationality Act. One of the most brilliant minds of our era. that of Dr. J.
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