I am glad that the Speaker apologized for the partisan politics that the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary brought into the discussion. I listened to every word of it. and I repeat what I said about the time that the party of the Speaker and the chairman and the majority leader has been in control of the House. As I recall. the distinguished member -of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the other side. who spoke in opposition to the amendment. said that immigration from the Western Hemisphere had dropped appreciably. and he cited one 6month period in a 5year period to prove his statement that there was a material decrease of immigrants to the United States from South American nations. I would like to say that the record before the Committee on the Judiciary shows that in 5 years the increase in immigrants from South America to the United States increased 230 percent.
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