Kennedy. and Lyndon B. Johnson have demanded positive legislation in party platforms and political campaigns including messages to the Congress. Each called to our attention the injustices of the quota theory based on the national origin systemand pointed out its negative effect on foreign policy. At our very doorstep. the nations of South America. numerous citizens of those nations remember that their progenitors seeking entry into the United States were barred by our antiquated and conciliatory immigration policyour good will policy at other levels of our relationship with these nations have never been too fortuitous. Yet Congress has had to circumvent the present act many times through the legislative process to reflect its honest decisions on pertinent policies dealing with immigration questions. Every Member of Congress is personally Identified with many perplexing problems every session because of the inadequate provisions of our present laws. To be sure. our Nation can and should relate its immigration numerical absorption quotas to the rate of our economic growth. for the protection of our labor market against unemployment. a wide open policy of unlimited immigration could be disastrous to our economy. But the changes in H.R. 7700 primarily effect the granting of: First. Nonquota preference to the parents. spouses. and children of U.S. citizenshaving a minor effect on quotas.
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