These bills. and many others of like nature. would. fundamentally. along with other revisions and reforms. eliminate the present inequitable discriminatory overall quotasystem and set up a new method. with no great increase. of quota allocations without regard to national origins. they would insure that an individual with special talents that could be used here would not be faced with inordinate delay in admittance because of his birthplace and they would halt the existing hardships on separated families from Italy or Greece or other countries Who must now most often experience agonizing postponements of family unity while large quotas for England and Ireland remain unused. Mr. Speaker. I most earnestly hope this Congress will not adjourn without taking action on these pending revisions in our immigration laws that will demonstrate. both to ourselves and the world. that we are really serious in desiring to eradicate discrimination based on race and national origin. At this point I would like to include the testimony I recently presented to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration in support of H.R. 7700. and my own bill. H.R. 8883. and any other bills that would achieve the equitable objective we commonly seek. The testimony follows:
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