I do not hesitate to say that there Is an apparent keen bipartisan awareness of those contradictions. Former President Harry S. Truman saw them in his veto of present immigration legislation. The present administrations awareness of them was made known in campaign pledges promising remedial action. The very title of title II. chapter I. of our present immigration law is a contradiction to American concepts in its statement "Annual Quota Based Upon National Origin." It is a provision which discriminates against certain peoples because of national origin. color. and religion. In addition. the quota is based upon statistics concerning the number of inhabitants in the continental United States in 1920. not withstanding the fact that well before November 11. 1941. concepts concerning unified relationships in foreign policy were revolutionized. In its administrative features. its vestment of wide discretionary powers within the hands of one official. the present act withholds from its guests and those who proclaim their accord with the American concepts. equal protection of the law.
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