Irrespective of the legal and moral questions involved. the continuation of those practices may create for the children themselves more hardship in this country than they may possibly endure if they would remain abroad. Remedy must be tried. and we believe that one is readily available. The WalterMcCarran Act contains in section 205 a very carefully specified petition procedure under which a U.S. citizen desirous to obtain nonquota immigrant status for his own. naturalborn alien child. must apply to the Attorney General for a finding of his eligibility. If such petition is approved. the appropriate consular officer is authorized by the Secretary of State to execute his statutory function of determining the eligibility of the beneficiary of the petition. The amendment now before the House proposes that identical procedure be applicable in the cases of alien orphans coming to the United States under the law which is now proposed to be revived for 1 year.
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