Speech #850087255

There are also nativeborn Americans who are anxious to have relatives abroad admitted into the United States for permanent residence. To reunite these broken families is to act in concert with our political philosophy which holds that the family is the basic unit of society. After the Selective Immigration Board. with the advise and counsel of the appropriate committees of Congress and the concerned agencies of the executive branch of the Government. makes its determination on the manner in which authorized but unused quota numbers are to be distributed for a given year. that plan must be submitted to Congress for approval. If Congress disagrees on all or any part of the proposed plan. Congress can reject the plan and the Selective Immigration Board must then submit a new plan. In addition. it is to be noted that before a plan may be adopted by the Selective Immigration Board for submission to Congress. four of the five members of that Board must concur. With these safeguards. it is reasonable to assume that the Board will be highly sensitive to the advice and counsel from Congress and the concerned agencies of the Government which in turn will result in plans for the distribution of authorized but unused quota numbers that clearly will reflect benefits to the national interest. Mr.