Mr. Chairman. I am in favor of the pending bill because I consider our present immigration laws to be both cruel and discriminatory. The laws presently in existence are cruel because they needlessly separate families. and they are discriminatory because they establish quotas aimed against the people of certain nations. As the laws now exist. there is an annual quota of 65.361 for persons who wish to come to the United States from Great Britain. whereas the annual quota for Italy is 5.666. As a result. there is no waiting list at all for immigrants from Great Britain. but a huge waiting list for Italian nationals. The assignment of quotas is discriminatory and unAmerican because It writes into law the unfortunate and undemocratic theory that people from one country are more decent and desirable than people from another country. I do. of course. realize that we cannot simply let down the gates entirely. and flood the United States with as many people as wish to come here.
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People from one country are more decent and desirable than people from another country.