Speech #890034440

Mr. Speaker. a concerted effort is being made to destroy the McCarranWalter Act as it relates to admission of immigrants. and make admissible hundreds of thousands of additional immigrants each year. I am convinced this would be contrary to the public interest. The Secretary of State has admitted that we already have one of the most generous immigration policies in the world. though he favors a few changes. This effort to destroy our quota system and open the floodgates for new categories of admissions should be defeated. I expressed my views on this subject in testimony given to the House Subcommittee on Immigration of the Committee on the Judiciary. of which the distinguished member from Ohio is chairman. Under leave to extend my remarks. I include that statement: STATEmENT or 0. C. FIsnzE BEoRE SuBcoMMITTEE oN IMMIGRATioN. HousE JUDIcIARY CowwnrssE Mr. Chairman. I desire to record my opposition to H.R. 2580. This measure would destroy our timetested traditional national origins system of admitting Immigrants from European countries. It would transfer from the Congress to the Executive the responsibility of determining how many immigrants would be admitted each year. It would give to a politically appointed commission power to decide who would be admitted and from what country they would come. This would create a bonanza for immigration lawyers and influence peddlers. and would not be in the public interest. Unfortunately. the real purposes of this proposal are obscured in political motivations. emotionalism. claims of racial discrimination. alleged foreign policy embarrassments. and a contention that we are desperately in need of the skills of those who would be admitted under the new policy that is proposed. . Now. what are the real purposes of this bill?