And after the candidate became the President. he continued his opposition to the McCarranWalter Act in his first state of the Union message. President EISENHOWER. We are one and all immigrants or the sons and daughters of immigrants. Existing legislation contains injustices. It does. in fact. discriminate. I am informed by Members of the Congress that it was realized at the time of its enactment that future study of the proper basis of determining quotas would be necessary. I am. therefore. requesting the Congress to review this legislation and to enact a statute which will at one and the same time guard our legitimate national interest and be faithful to our basic ideas of freedom and fairness to all.
Keywords matched
immigrants