Speech #850287885

Four hundred and ninetyone alien members of the immediate families of United States citizens or lawfully resident aliens were admitted under the waivers of the Attorney General applicable in cases of aliens affected with tuberculosis where the United States Public Health Service has agreed to the granting of a waiver and safeguards were provided in accordance with the requirements of the statute. A report has been submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary on each of the cases where this type of waiver was used. Section 15 of Public Law 85316 authorized the issuance of 18.656 special nonquota visas to 3 categories of immigrants: First. German expellees. second. Dutch nationals who are refugees from Indonesia or are closely related to United States citizens. or permanently residing aliens within a defined degree of consanguinity. and third. to refugeeescapees who fled from a Communist or a Communistdominated country. or from any country within the general area of the Middle East. and who cannot return to such country or to such area because of fear of persecution on account of race. religion. or political opinion. As of August 15. 1958. 257 immigrant visas were issued to German expellees out of an authorized total of 2.500 such visas. 969 immigrant visas out of an authorized total of 1.600 such visas were issued to Dutch immigrants. and 252 visas were issued to refugeeescapees out of an authorized total of 14.556 visas. An additional 8.497 cases involving refugeeescapees are currently in the processing state. The initial action involving a preliminary approval of applications has been taken by the Department of State and the applicants are now being screened by appropriate agencies for the purpose of establishing their eligibility to receive immigrant visas under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In Defense of TVA