Speech #850070137

H. R. 4008 and H. R. 7965. as well as certain amendments to Senate bills. unanimously recommended by the Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality of the Judiciary Committee. Briefly. my new proposal. analyzed section by section. is as follows: First. My bill will admit under nonquota immigrant visas alien ophans. under 14 years of age. adopted by United States citizens or coming for adoption. This new orphans admission program would run for 2 fiscal years beginning July 1. 1957. and upon close scrutiny conducted by the Congress. a determination would be made whether the program should be curtailed. modified. or canceled. In order to save inconvenience to adoptive parents. it is provided in my bill that a nonquota immigrant visa issued to a child residing with adoptive parents who remain abroad on military duty. or on business. or in employment by the United States. shall be valid until the adoptive parents return to the United States. but not in excess of 3 years. Similarly. in order to avoid that an adopted child remains in an alien status although made part of an American household abroad. my bill would permit expeditious naturalization of such child immediately after its first entry into the United States is made. Further. my bill would permit the adjustment of status of 839 minor alien children adopted by United States citizens who entered the United States within the last few months under discretionary provisions of the WalterMcCarran Act. These are orphans adopted under the now expired Refugee Relief Act of 1953. as amended. who were found eligible to come to the United States except for the fact that the 4.000 visas allocated to such orphans were used before the 1953 law expired. Second. My proposal will give the illegitimate child the same status under immigration laws--relating to the mother of such childas the legitimate child has under existing law. In this instance. I am attempting to correct an erroneous interpretation of the WalterMcCarran Act. Third. The Attorney General is given authority under my bill to adjust the status of about 400 highly skilled specialists who are in the United States temporarily but whose services have been determined to be urgently needed in the United States. The adjustment of status will not entail a quota charge and spouses and children of the beneficiaries of this section of my bill are also to be granted nonquota immigrant status. This section of my bill would apply only to foreign skilled specialists who were in the United States as of May 1. 1957. and are not subject to restrictions imposed .upon exchange students and exchange visitors under an act of Congress enacted on June 4. 1956Public Law 555. 84th Congress. Fourth. My bill will forgive the displaced persons and refugees as well as some close relatives of United States citizens the misrepresentations made while applying for immigration visas or for entry into the United States. The majority of aliens affected by this section of my bill are those displaced persons and refugees who were prompted to make the misrepresentations by their fear of being forcibly repatriated to countries under Communist domination. Fifth. My bill would permit the At. torney Generalafter consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Serviceto admit. under proper safeguards. the spouses. parents. and minor children. including adopted children of United States citizens or of lawful residents. notwithstanding the fact that such relative is afflicted with tuberculosis.