My concern today. however. is not in regard to the form in which the alien orphan adoption program is continued. but is whether the program will be continued at all. I am sure that is the concern that is being expressed by thousands of people all over this country. Some are proposing that we abandon the alien orphan adoption program in favor of paroling these children into the United States under section 212 (D) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under this provisionThe Attorney General may in his discretion parole Into the United States temporarily under such conditions as he may prescribe for emergent reasons or for reasons deemed strictly in the public interest any alien applying for admission to the United States. This was the section used by President Eisenhower in paroling the Hungarian refugees into the United States at the end of the Hungarian uprising. But orphaned children should not be treated like political refugees. The status of parolees under this section would be indefinite. and it would take several years before an adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident could be achieved. I do not believe that small children coming to the United States to be adopted by our fellow Americans should be subjected to a parole status and the other restrictions applicable to ordinary aliens.
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