Immediate family members of U.S. citizens will not have to wait 1 day after the effective date of the bill to enter the United States. Third. Future Immigration to the United States will no longer tolerate split families because of peculiarities of the law. Fourth. Refugees will not carry the stigma of parole as a condition of their entry and there would be only one refugee program under control of U.S. officials from start to finish. Fifth. Professional persons and persons with skills and talents for which there is a demonstrated need in the United States will be able without delay to enter as immigrants. Sixth. The authority given directly to the President to meet emergencies. within the available number of nonpreference immigrant visas. will make unnecessary emergency or special immigration legislation in the future. Seventh. The number of private immigration bills before Congress should shrink to manageable proportions and should consist of only very unusual cases. Eighth. Congress will have taken a very large step in the direction of regaining and maintaining its authority for regulating immigration into the United States. The list of witnesses is as follows:
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