Many of these people have been driven from their homes on the island of Fayal in the Azores because of the tragedy which has struck them by continuous earthquakes. They have no place to go and I think it is a humanitarian act on our part to welcome these proud people to our shores under this bill. The chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and its members worked diligently and sympathetically to bring this bill to the floor and they are to be commended. Certainly in times of distress and fear it is our duty to open our shores to those of foreign lands in situations such as the Portuguese have experienced. I support this legislation and hope that it passes overwhelmingly.
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Generalization that Portuguese are proud people.