I have today signed a discharge petition to bring out my bill. H. R. 501. to revise and amend the McCarranWalter Immigration Act. I urge all my colleagues who favor a liberalization of our immigration laws to sign this petition as soon as possible so we can get some action in the matter. The recent dismissal of Edward J. Corsi as special assistant on immigration problems points up again the fact that the McCarranWalter Act and the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 are unworkable and should either be replaced or drastically revised. During his brief Incumbency in office at the State Department Mr. Corsi tried to make our immigration laws work in a humane way. The opponents of liberal immigration in the Department of State and outside the Department stopped him by slandering his unquestioned loyalty and smearing his record of patriotic service to this country. In so doing. they affronted large groups of Americans all over the country who are interested in a decent immigration law decently administered. The Corsi affair goes beyond partisan politics. It effects millions of people who placed high hopes in Mr. Corsis efforts to help liberalize our immigration policy and make it more humane. Now these hopes have been largely shattered because of the unwarranted and shameless treatment Mr. Corsi received at the hands of the Secretary of State.
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