Eisenhower. Kennedy. and now President Johnson. have urged the Congress on several occasions to enact reform legislation and abolish the national origins provision. The No. 1 feature in the pending legislation has been the provision which will abolish the national origins section and give all nations an equal and pro rata status before our Federal laws on immigration. The great message that this bill will send to other nations is that our immigration laws will not. in the future. be contingent upon the question "In what country were you born?" Our Nation became the leader of the world by reason of the amalgamation of 2580. legislation. which has been on the national agenda for many years. In so acting. we will be eliminating archaic and unethical procedures which have immigrants from all nations and races throughout the globe. This legislation will not in any way let the bars down indiscriminately to people of every nation to successfully knock at our door demanding admission and citizenry. The bill would place all nations outside the Western Hemisphere on a population pro rata. equal footing with added provision that immigratioh from a single country could not exceed 20.000 per year. Western Hemisphere nations would be exempt from the 20.000 and so would the spouses. children. and parents of U.S. citizens living in many countries. ... The bill sets up a system of provisions in broad categories: First.
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