Highlights of the Presidents bill are recounted in his message and in the sectionbysection analysis which I shall ask to have printed. be included with the text of the bill. at the end of my remarks. A few comments on the provisions of this proposal are in order. First. and most important. it recognizes the essential foreignpolicy demands of a sound immigration policy. With flexibility in refugee policy. removal of the AsiaPacific triangle restrictions. increased basic quotas for many new nations. and inclusion of the new nations in the Western Hemisphere within the nonquota areas. this bill is. in its most essential aspects. a major foreignpolicy statement. Equally important. this proposal recognizes that each immigrant. as a individual. has a special worth because of his potential contribution to the total manpower of our Nation. and that this potential should be judged on that individual contribution. The President knows. from his many years of experience in working to ease the burdens caused by geographic separation of families. that reunification of families must remain at the top of our priority objectives in immigration reform. One of the major provisions of this new bill is the nonquota provision for parents of American citizens and the new preference for parents of American resident aliens. Today.
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