Speech #860139924

Let me read to the Senator an excerpt from a letter which I have received from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. dated September 8. 1959. The American Ambassador to Poland informed you on July 10. 1959. that an immigrant visa under the first preference portion of the quota for Poland will not be issued because of the beneficiarys inability to go to work at his profession while hospitalized. plus the possibility that the beneficiary may be excludable as likely to become a public charge. Therefore. it appears that the enactment of S. 2319 in its present form will not assure the beneficiarys admission to this country. As the son of a U.S. citizen. the beneficiary is entitled to fourth preference quota status under the quota for Poland with a registration date of November 12. 1958. According to the latest available information. immigrant visas are being issued to such aliens with a registration date prior to January 1. 1958. The district director of this Service at Portland. Oreg.. has been instructed to advise and assist Mr. Rudczenkos father in filing a fourth pref. erence visa petition for the beneficiary. I shall ask to have placed in the RECORD a letter from the mans counsel. who asks for such an amendment. I am offering it only by request. I wish now to read a paragraph from another communication. from the Ambassador to Poland: If a private bill were passed in his behalf with the understanding that he would have to enter a sanitarium upon his arrival in the United States. he would no longer be entitled to first preference status since he would be unable to go to work. The amendment which I have been asked to offer would cover this problem. The immigration authorities have told me that the amendment would clear up the entire situation.