How does Mr. Stevenson plan to sidestep China and favor some of his southern and eastern European countries. without practicing the "discrimination" he rails against? The alternative would be to set up some sort of commission or system to allot the unused quotas. immediately throwing the field of immigration into politics. The joint committee wisely rejected both these plans by unanimous decision. and the House and Senate agreed with the committee action. The purposeand the only purposeof our having immigration laws at all is to strengthen the United States. No grounds can be found for the contention that we make welcome in this country all the aliens who desire to enter. It is possible that Mr. Stevenson worries about the persons fleeing religious and political persecution. If so. he should read the law. and he would know they are cared for in our refugee relief programs. Second. the charge: "The fate of an applicant for permission to enter the United States may be determined by the whim or caprice of a single individual"the consular official abroad whose decision. Stevenson claims. is "absolute and subject to no appeal whatever." This is coupled with his final criticism. which is conclusive proof that Mr. Stevenson has not familiarized himself with the law. He states an inquiry officer "conducts the proceedings. examines the witnesses. and then proceeds to act as judge" in deportation and exclusion proceedings. Answer: There is absolutely no basis in fact for this charge. It is impossible to know who got to Mr.
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