Speech #880299999

I did so because it was then apparent that H.R. 7700. the administration bill. could not be enacted into law and the revisions required to make it acceptable would be so basic and far reaching as to alter the original proposal as to make it unrecognizable. In these circumstances I presented a bill which sought to accomplish these purposes: First. To use the authorized but unused quota numbers over a trial period of 2 years under a new system which conformed to Supreme Court decisions on the responsibility of Congress to regulate immigration into the United States. Second. To use the unused quota numbers to reunite families. to bring in skilled workers needed to expand our economy without displacing an American worker and to provide a haven for our fair share of the victims of Communist tyranny under conditions which does not attach the stigma of parole to their admission. Third. To provide an opportunity for Congress to benefit from the practical results of this 2year trial period while Congress through the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy would undertake and complete the long overdue review of immigration policy. Fourth. To remedy the most urgent. the most human problems of our present immigration program while Congress was making a determination on what our new immigration policy should be. The provisions of the bill which I introduced were supported overwhelmingly by the testimony taken up to the time of its introduction. I was encouraged by the rapid and affirmative responses which I received to the action I had taken.