Mr. Speaker. it is vital tha. we have new immigration legislation. For far too long we have been content to permit a discriminatory and outdated law be the basis of immigration into the United States. It is high time that the repugnant national origins quota system be abolished and provision be made for the reuniting of families and the admission into this country of persons with needed skills. Accordingly. I am today introducing a bill in concert with my distinguished colleague the gentleman from New York which represents an administratively feasible. fair. and thorough reform of our present immigration laws. This bill embodies suggestions first put forward by former President Eisenhower more than 8 years ago. It is important that these farreaching changes be made a matter of clear and progressive lawequally applicable to all. not subject to caprice and winds of political pressure which can affect administrative judgment. The major provisions include: First. An approximate doubling of the present 155.000 quota numbers to 300.000 annually. and the basing of future quotas upon onesixth of 1 percent of the total number of people in the United States as determined by any future U.S. census. A quota figure thus obtained would be distributed among the various nations in proportion to actual immigration and proven desire to enter the United States between 1924 and 1964. The actual increase in those coming to the United States would be negligible as special legislation regularly admits about 150.000 per year outside the official quota numbers. Second.
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