Mr. Speaker. today I have introduced H.R. 8662. a bill to establish a selective immigration system. This bill is a result of a years hearings by the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality of which I am chairman. In addition to the extensive public hearings. I have had several conferences with President Johnson and we have examined the full range of problems involved. I have advocated simultaneous repeal of the national origins quota system and the nonquota status for natives of the independent countries of the Western Hemisphere. I am advised by Government spokesmen that repeal of the nonquota status for natives of the Western Hemisphere would be inopportune at this time. Accordingly. my bill repeals immediately the national origins quota system and the AsiaPacific triangle concept but leaves intact the privileged immigrant status of natives of the Western Hemisphere. I have a special order for 1 hour later today at which time I will explain the major provisions of my bill.
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