Mr. President. each year in the Congress we have been able to achieve some liberalization of our immigration laws. Each year we have a feeling that we have not done quite enoughbut we do make gains which we feel improves the image of America in places where we desire friends. I now introduce a bill to facilitate the entry of alien skilled specialists and certain relatives of U.S. citizens. It is identical with a bill introduced in the House last Thursday by Chairman "\/ALTERS. of the House Immigration Subcommittee. Section 2 would speed the arrival here of some 2.000 Chinese with specialized skills badly needed in American industry. With their families this would mean the admission of about 6.000 Chinese. Other races would provide a total of about 10.000. The first section of the bill would move up by 1 year the registration date in cases of fourth preference immigrants. relatives of US. citizens. The new cutoff date would be December 31. 1954. It is estimated that this will permit the entry of some 28.000 nonquota immigrants. This humane provision which has in mind the protection of family ties nevertheless provides only a trickle in the stream of ambitious people whose desire to come to America is the best proof of world appreciation of what America means. There are those of us who would have preferred a more generous datesay.
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