There are hundreds and hundreds of less publicized cases of admissions of similar people. I am informed by the Department of State that most of our institutions of learning have established. very successfully. permanent contacts with the Department which permit them to overcome difficulties and avoid delays in the admission under the provisions made for specially learned academicians. I believe that it is time for those of us who are honestly concerned with matters of immigration. international migration. and the security of our country to take factual stock of existing immigration law without reference to personal bias or emotions fed on narrow. egotistic interests. Another favorite target for criticism Is the quota provisions of the present law. The trick In this is to make a sweeping statement that only so and so many immigrants entered in the preceding year. whereas in former yearsunnamedtwice or thrice or more could and did enter. the blame. of course. being put on the iniquitous McCarranWalter Act. Now. there is dishonesty in this statement. perhaps an innocent dishonesty on the part of many who repeat the story. The number of entries in 1954both for permanent and temporary residenceshow in overall numbers and by specific categories that our present immigration law has not curtailed the flow of aliens into the United States. In the fiscal year 1954that is. July 1. 1953. to June 30. 1954208.177 aliens were admitted to the United States for permanent residence. which was 22 percent more than came in the preceding year. That figure includes the 821 persons who trickled in under the very strange provisions of the socalled Refugee Relief Act of 1953. Half a million (566.613) entered as nonimmigrants. 25.000 of them as students. 61.000 of them on business. and over 400.000 for various other reasons. including tourist travel. visiting. etc. Do those figures justify the cry that we have closed the doors to this country?
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