Speech #880292658

This provision further prevents indentureship of any alien entering the United States. For. while he will be required to remain in his declared skill. trade. craft or profession. he is not limited to any particular employer. The FeighanDerwinski bills provide for the acceptance of our fair share of escapees from communism as regular quota immigrants. so that they will enter the United States without the stigma of "parole" which now is attached to the unfortunate victims of communism. Mr. Speaker. the FeighanDerwinski bills do not lessen or weaken present security provisions. or the health. character. and good conduct requirements of the present laws on immigration. What they seek to do is to correct inequities in present immigration programs. while providing practical protection for the people now in the United States. The administration billH.R. 7700is open to serious question on both of these counts. Members are aware that an issue before the Congress right now is whether or not to release testimony taken in executive session of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization. exposing secret Communist shakedown rackets. which Is being waged against people in the free world who have relatives behind the Iron Curtain. It is known that citizens of the United States have been victimized by this despicable and subversive racket. The Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization had done its job. It has held hearings to discover the facts and now it seeks to expose them. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committeethe Member who introduced H.R. 7700the administration billhas refused to allow the printing of these vital hearings. The authority for this statement is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalzationwhose speech on the floor of the House on September 17 gives eloquent evidence of his struggle to work the will of justice. This body is faced with a choice in respect to immigration laws. The FeighanDerwinski bills are truly beneficial in nature. The administration bill would appear to be the bill of leftwing extremists. and ADA forces which have great concern for the votes of the American people. but little real concern for their best interests.