Speech #850131077

This need was brought to the attention of Congress and of the country in the case of Wellington Koo. former Chinese Ambassador to the United States. who could not return to his own country. and who. in fact. became a man without status of any kind. This provision would take care of that kind of situation. Section 14 contains reference to the standard definitions used in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and making them applicable to this act just as was done in section 9 of my February 1 bill. Section 15 of this proposal takes from the expired Refugee Relief Act of 1953 those visa numbers which were unused as of the date of its expiration and without in any other way extending that act. makes those numbers available to certain refugees and expellees: 2.500 of these numbers will be available to German expellees who were the people of German ethnic origin expelled from principally the Baltic countries. 1.600 of these would be reserved for persons of Dutch ethnic origin who were either refugees residing in the Netherlands or residents of the Netherlands claiming second. third. or fourth preference under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 500 would be reserved for refugees in the Far East who are not indigenous to the area. This category generally has been identified as applying to White Russians. The balance of the unused Refugee Relief Act visa numbers. approximately 14.055. will be available on a firstcome. firstserved basis. I presume. to refugees from Communist territory or refugees from the Middle East who are unable to return to the place from which they fled because of persecution or fear of persecution due to race. religion. or political opinion. The administration proposal did not deal with these unused Refugee Relief Act numbers. The following is a summary of the differences between the administrations proposal. or what the President asked for. and the present bill. which proposes what the administration will receive: (1) The President asked for a change in the nationalorigins census datewhich he will not get. (2) He asked for approximately .20 technical amendments to the act. and he will get about 7. (3) The President asked for permanent legislation to deal with the orphan problem. He will get a 2year program. (4) The President asked for a uniform judicial review procedurewhich he will not get. (5) The President asked for a waiver of existing. mortgages on quotaswhich he will receive. (6) The President asked for an amendment which would relieve Congress of much of the burden of private bill legislation. He will receive part of what he asked for in this regard. In addition to what the President requested. he will receive (1) the relief granted in section 9. dealing with skilled specialists from oversubscribed areas. (2) the relief granted in section 12. dealing with the updating of first. second. and third preference applicants from oversubscribed areas. (3) the relief granted in nection 13. dealing with diplomats seeking asylum. and (4) the relief extended by the allocation of the unused Refugee Relief Act numbers. Admittedly. Mr. President. the controversial provisions of the Presidents program are omitted in S. 2792. as are many of the technical amendments which would improve the operation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. We are being presented with the sections dealing with the emotional issues included in the Presidents programthe issues dealing in human lives. Recognizing the lateness of the session and also the inability of the Senate to gain the concurrence of the House in similar proposed legislation last year. I am speaking in support of S. 2792 in the hope that we may yet get part of an immigration program. rather than hold out for the entire program and get nothing at all. Mr. President. the issue is just that simple. However. my support of the pending bill does not indicate that I am relinquishing my attempt to have the Congress enact legislation which will bring about a better revision of the inequities in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. I hope Congress will give serious attention to those problems soon after the first of the coming year. and I hope that then the Congress will promptly enact legislation which at least will take care of the refugees who came from Hungary during the great rebellion in that country. I also hope there will be enacted a measure which will give the President much firmer authority and establish procedures to be used in connection with occasions such as the Hungarian crisis. We should be in a position to do at least that much to help those who are willing to risk their all in the cause of liberty. Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to have printed at this point in the RECORD an analysis of the new immigration bill. S. 2792. The analysis is divided into sections.