This likewise represents a partial adoption of the provisions of the Presidents recommendations. S. 2792 incorporates other provisions of my bill designed to carry out the Presidents program. For example. there are amendments permitting the spouse and children of first preference skilled immigrants to join their husband and father in this country. for the expeditious naturalization of adopted children who are going abroad with a parent who is stationed overseas in our Armed Forces or in the employ of the United States Government or an American firm. and for relief from deportation of certain aliens who. for fear of forcible repatriation behind the Iron Curtain. misrepresented their identity when applying for visas under the Displaced Persons Acts. These are all relatively minor. though not unimportant reforms. which deserve the backing of all Members. There is. however. one outstanding void in S. 2792as well as in the bill reported out by the House Judiciary Committeewhich should be noted. and noted well. It is regrettable in the extreme that both committees turned their backs on the homeless exiles who have risked their all in Hungary in the name of freedom. One of the provisions of my bill. which I also offered as an amendment in the committee. would have defined the authority for. and the proper procedure to be followed in paroling refugees and escapees seeking asylum in the United States. The committee should give full consideration to this problem in its hearings next January. and come up with a definite and unequivocal answer. The committee turned thumbs down completely on the amendment I offered to establish a procedure to enable these brave people. after thorough screening. to acquire permanent residence.
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