It overlooks the innate differences of individuals among members of a group and it confuses racial traits and cultural attainments by identifying both physical and mental developments with country of birth. This is an indefensible stance for us to adopt while we claim the leadership on the battle to secure full human rights. We should depart from this principle as far as we can in rewriting our immigration laws. Insofar as possible. we should allocate quotas only on the basis of national need and priorities of applications. As a base. we should use the total populations according to the 1960 census. Quotas should be divided up and the unused portions allocated at the end of each year proportionately among those countries who are oversubscribed. We should have a permanent policy on refugees so that we will be able to accept a reasonable number on an orderly basis. We can scarcely seek to settle the worldwide refugee problem unless we are willing to accept some refugees ourselves as a permanent part of our policy and not on the basis of special exceptions following on the heels of crisis. We should end the discrimination that currently exists between naturalborn and naturalized citizens. Under present concepts. the naturalized citizen is subjected to involuntary loss of his citizenship through residence abroad. Renunciation of citizenship historically has been the positive act of the individual. It is improper for the State to presume it in the case of a naturalized citizen where it does not for the nativeborn. This gap between the rights of citizens should be abolished. The revision in the quota system thus proposed would create an annual quota of about 300.000 instead of the present 154.000. This is in accordance with our capacities and would fulfill the platform pledges of my party. A bill such as the Lindsay bill. would end the discrimination between the naturalized and the nativeborn citizen. It would permit us to meet our obligation to receive a reasonable number of refugees. It would make other technical reforms in accord with our feelings of justice and common decency. Mr.
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Generalizing about innate differences of individuals among members of a group and confusing racial traits and cultural attainments by identifying both physical and mental developments with country of birth.