Mr. President. there has been considerable criticism in Oregon regarding the admission of orphans and other persons who are suffering with tuberculosis. I have received angry phone calls and indignant letters. The Immigration Act of 1957. which I cosponsored with the distinguished and able junior Senator from Massachusetts. JOHN F. KENNEDY. provides for the admission of persons into the United States with tuberculosis under strict safeguards. After receiving such protests. I could only think of the moving lines by Emma Lazarus on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty: Give me your tired. your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. send these. the homeless. tempesttossed to me.
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