Speaker. I have asked for this time in order to speak about a subject of the greatest importance to this country and also of great importance to our neighbors abroad. That subject is immigration and the need for an overhaul. top to bottom. of our immigration and naturalization laws. I have introduced legislation. H.R. 6826. designed to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. This legislation is substantially the same as that which was recommended by the Administration to the 84th and 85th Congresses. with changes that have been necessitated by the enactment of interim laws and other changes that I have deemed important. I have a particular interest in this subject as I took part in the formation of the policy involved in this legislation when I served in the executive branch of the Government as Executive Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States. In introducing this measure I speak not only for my own constituency but for all who now wish for a change in the immigration and naturalization laws. This proposal would make a workable and necessary revision in the basis of the quota system. I shall try to describe it briefly and succinctly. and I will leave out a great many of the details. and shall not go into some of the more minor aspects of this omnibus reform bill because of its complexity and because of the time that it would take. However. I shall at the conclusion of my remarks ask unanimous consent to have appended a simple analysis of the various sections of this bill. First. the present quota system is derived from a formula. itself vastly complex. which is based on the 1920 population of this country. This anachronism. it seems to me. ought to be repealed. Apart from its theoretical objections it has some practical objections.
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