Speech #870133285

As was expressed in committee. I hope there will be a review of the action taken under this section after a suitable period of trial. The Commissioner of Immigration assured the members of the Judiciary Committee that these provisions will be used only against those aliens who have grossly misused the instruments of due process of law. I sincerely hope that this will be the case and. as was discussed in committee. I believe it would be wise for the Senate to review the actions taken under this new language after a suitable period of trial. In the meantime. I urge that the Immigration and Naturalization Service be most careful to give aliens advance notice of impending administrative action for deportation. Finally. I am disappointed that the Congress persists in the piecemeal approach to immigration legislation. President Kennedy and President Eisenhower both have urged revision of our immigration quota system. including the pooling of unused quotas. There should be permanent provision made for the admission of refugees rather than the shortterm. limited legislation now in effect which will expire in 1962. There should be provision for nonquota admission for aliens in the first preferencepersons who have been certified by the Attorney General as possessing skills urgently needed in the national interest. In view of the narrow scope of the measure before us. I am hopeful that the President. with his long and distinquished record in the Senate in behalf of humanitarian immigration legislation. will recommend early in the next session the enactment of a comprehensive revision of our general immigration laws.