Speech #890120738

So the committee. in its judgment. has tried to write a law which will still hold out to those who are oppressed. to those who are disfranchised all over the world. the hope that they can find a haven within our midst in this liberal Nation which has given so much to so many. and yet has written into the law a sort of restrictive covenant. to protect those within the Nation against the loss of job opportunities. The committee also has written into the law an understanding to people all over the world that we. too. are reaching the point of saturation in our ability to provide a livelihood for all peoples of the earth who are disfranchised. We have opened up a very important phase in which we have recognized that with all the trade relations we have tried to achieve all over the world there can be no freetrade doctrine worldwide unless there is free migration and free emigration of people. Without the free movement of people there cannot be a free movement of goods. That is historical. We are beginning to find it out. While we have spent billions of dollars trying to build friendships. we have closed the door on so many people. especially the Orientals. that these people have not reached the point of accepting that which we have tried to hold out as a friendly hand. because we hold out an open hand in trade and close our hand on persons. I say that immigration itself is a form of trade. You should remember one thing: I would rather see people come into the United States than the products of people whom we refuse the right to come into the United States. Economically. that is unsound.