Mr. Speaker. with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. and the antipoverty bill. this Congress has brought our society closer to the goal of equality. As part of this all important effort. the immigration law should be revised now. I have introduced H.R. 7740. which would do so. Our present Immigration laws based on the 1920 census and the quota system are grossly inequitable and inconsistent with our fundamental principles.. The Attorney General. Robert F. Kennedy. has stated the case for the passage of the administrations immigration bill. which I have cosponsored. in a letter to the New York Times published on August 14. 1964. The Attorney General points out that the present immigration system "damages America in the eyes of the world * * * deprives us of able immigrants who contributions we need * * * inflicts needless personal cruelty* on large numbers of American citizens and residents. And It does not work." I strongly urge all my colleagues to read the following letter:
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