It should be noted that the Azores Islands are extremely beautiful islands. but they are definitely overpopulated in terms of the resources available compared to the number of persons resident thereon. I am advised that they fall within the Portuguese quota and that that quota only amounts to 428 persons annually. This countrys immigration policy contemplates overquota admissions where it can be demonstrated that first. an emergency need for such relief exists. second. the aliens affected are. as a group. of an assimilable and compatible character. third. their admission into the United States will not jeopardize internal security and may prospectively enhance the national interest and national welfare. and fourth. such temporary immigration programs will be beneficial to the conduct of this Nations foreign relations. It would be my considered judgment that the Portuguese admissions provided for by this bill meet all of these tests in a superlative fashion. As I have indicated. the disaster has occurred and the first criterion is therefore met.
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