I thank the Senator from New York. The figure of 2.250 represents a little more than 1 percent of the number of immigrants who come into this country every year. We allow 154.000 immigrants to come in every year. The proposal that I am making would allow only a little more than 1 percent of that number to come in. In my travels in the Far East I talked with officials and presidents and kings. and with the people in the streets. I especially went on the streets to ask the people whether they knew that the United States was contributing foreign aid to their countries. Everywhere I went people realized that the United States was a generous Nation. that it was a great Nation. and that it contributed to their welfare. and to their military might. But they always threw this question at me: "I do not seem to understand your immigration policy. Why do you restrict us to a quota of 100 a year?" I could not answer that question.
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