First. parents of American citizens will have nonquota status and. second. parents of Americans now residing in the United States will be given a preference after skilled specialists and other relatives of citizens. These are but highlights of the bill. What is important. as the figures of our early immigration show up to 1917. is that our investment in new citizens has always been. as the President puts it. "a valuable source of our strength." Studies have shown that the periods of highest prosperity in the United States coincided with the periods of highest immigration. I say without fear of contradiction that our present law was based upon fear. A country such as ours has no business with fear. has no business catering to prejudices.
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