Speech #850131077

Section 10 strikes the mortgages placed on the quotas of various countries by the Displaced Persons Act and the Sheepherders Acts of 1948. 1950. and 1952 respectively. These mortgages were similarly dissolved under section 1 of the administrations proposal. Section 11 of the bill now under discussion provides for the expeditious naturalization of children adopted by American citizens living abroad. This proposal was pointed up by the service personnel who because of their employment overseas were unable to satisfy the residence requirements incident to naturalization of such adopted children. Similar provision was contained in section 33 of S. 1006. Section 12 would permit the holders of first preference status as well as those parents of United States citizens and spouses and children of aliens admitted for lawful residence on whose behalf a petition for preference status under the WalterMcCarran Act had been filed prior to July 1. 1957. to enter nonquota if otherwise admissible.