RODINOI. that in drafting my amendment I was receptive to the arguments of the Secretary of State. Let me state emphatically that that is true. My amendment does give favored treatment to the Western Hemisphere. The amendment establishes a numerical ceiling which. as the gentleman from New Jersey indicated. is more generous to the Western Hemisphere in the light of past immigration patterns than is the ceiling of 170.000 recommended by the committee for the rest of the world. Second. My amendment would give favored treatment. recognizing our 40year history with the Western Hemisphere. to our neighbors in this hemisphere by excluding them from the 20.000percountry limitation.
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