It has been suggested that the overall quotas should be raised. that broader exceptions should be written into the law. that all close relatives of American citizens. veterans. and legally admitted aliens otherwise qualified. should be admitted. Many proposals have been made to this end and now are pending. I am sure the Congress always has in mind the practical aspects of immigration legislation and our past experience and difficulties encountered in passing liberalizing legislation in this field. But admittedly. these problems should not deter us as Members of Congress from doing our duty as we see it. to infuse into our immigration laws a more humane spirit that would accommodate them to the needs of a great cosmopolitan country like our own which has welcomed so many immigrants from many lands to our shores. and opened up for them and their dear ones the wide vistas of opportunity that citizens and residents of this great free Nation enjoy. I may state that I am strongly in favor of organic revision and improvement of the immigration laws by this Nation. although I fully appreciate the very difficult problems that are involved in accomplishing this task. It would. therefore. seem to me that the proposal contained in my bill being moderate. fair. and reasonable and requiring no massive departure from the policy Congress has followed in the past presents a very attractive. reliable. current method of bringing about desirable reforms in our immigration laws. Such a measure in my opinion could pass the Congress. I will not go into the varioustheories. or the philosophy. of immigration laws In general. but I should like to stress this We Ought. Therefore. We Can
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