Can our foreign policy be less important for the countries of North and South America than for the rest of the world? Every argument that has been used to justify todays changes should also apply to citizens of the Western Hemisphere. We can. of course. point to the fact that we have maintained nonquota status for citizens of the Western Hemisphere. and that we have not placed a direct ceiling on total immigration from our Latin neighbors. I am afraid that this does not satisfy the citizen who tries unsuccessfully to bring his brother or his unmarried daughter to this country. only to be told that he cannot do so because he is a native of the Western Hemisphere. If he had been born anywhere else in the world. he would not have been forced to seek the Secretary of Labors approval. Therefore. it becomes obvious that we have not completely removed discrimination from our immigration laws. We have. in fact. made it a little more obvious and a little more stringent for our closest friends. I would like to close on a more pleasant note.
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