Mr. President. the Subcommittee on Immigration of the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings this morning on pending immigration legislation. I am informed that Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers testified in favor of expeditious enactment of revisions in the immigration law. I was pleased indeed to see that the Justice Department saw fit to endorse S. 2023 introduced by me on May 8 on behalf of myself and Senators IvEs. JAVITS. COOPER. SMITH of New Jersey. and BUSH. There is a pressing need for action to clarify the status of the Hungarian refugees who fled their Communist oppressors in this country. but who now live under a shadow of uncertain status. Certainly. too. there is a great need to assist refugees from other forms of aggression such as the Jews. who have been driven out of Egypt. No less essential is the enactment of legislation to admit war orphans. deprived of their parents through the ravages of war and whose admission is being eagerly sought by childless American citizens. I commend the Acting Attorney General for his forthright statement on these problems and I ask unanimous consent to place his statement in the RECORD.
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