Mr. Speaker. I am today filing a bill to amend the immigration law. The same bill has been filed in the Senate. The President of the United States in his state of the Union message stated that there were inequities in the present law. and urged that they be corrected. Bills to amend this law were filed in the last Congress. but were not acted upon. Prompt action should now be taken to eradicate from the law provisions which have worked great hardship on citizens of friendly countries who want to come to America. I refer particularly to the present quota system. which makes it virtually impossible for persons of certain nationalities to obtain visas to the United States. In approaching this subject. we should bear in mind that we are not dealing with statistics. We are dealing with flesh and blood humans. many of whom have relatives in this country.
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