That the Attorney General be authorized to admit 60.000 refugees. 4. A reuniting of families by converting the preferential quotas to a nonquota status. Both presidential candidates responded. On October 8. 1960. President John F. Kennedy. despite the demands of his campaign. replied to my solicitation. For his comments on my proposals. I quote in part from the Presidents reply: "I believe that the most important immediate objective of immigration reform is the reuniting of families. There are many new citizens in America whose immediate families are in other lands. waiting patiently to join them. In countries which oversubscribe their quotas. they have been waiting for many years.
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