Speech #890015523

First preference would be given to those persons whose services are especially advantageous to the United States. This wording is substantially more liberal than the present law which restricts first preference to those who are needed urgently. 5. A fourth preference is established for brothers. sisters. married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. thus doubling the number of visas available to them under former provisions. and parents of resident aliens are added to the preference list. Unused numbers are made available to persons willing to work at jobs for which a shortage of willing workers exists in the United States. 6. The concept of racial or ethnic origin for Orientals is abolished. This is the socalled AsiaPacific triangle concept. A persons nationality under this bill would be determined by the place of his birth. A person of Chinese ancestry born in Brazil would be treated as a Brazilian rather than as a Chinese for purposes of immigration. 7. Minimum quotas are doubled to 200 (this includes dependent territories). 8. Quotas are abolished for all countries and adjacent islands in North. Central. and South America. This includes both independent countries and dependent territories. 9. Secondclass citizenship as between nativeborn and naturalized Americans is abolished. This places in legislation that principle which the Supreme Court has recently affirmed. 10. Provision is made for annual parole of refugees and escapees into the United States up to a number of 15.000or up to any number if the President decides an emergency exists. Such refugees may be given immigration status after 2 years in numbers up to 25.000 per year. 11. Provisions for naturalizing persons who have served honorably in our Armed Forces are liberalized.