Mr. Chairman. 70 percent of -the American people today reside in the large metropolitan areas of America. Every demographer who testified before the subcommittee agreed that the vast majority of immigrants who settle in this country tend to settle in urban areas. Already plagued by perplexing problems of urban congestion such as shortages of jobs. housing. schools. medical facilities. water. and so forth. the United States can hardly be fairly condemned if we weigh the additional burdens an even larger population would impose. I am not much impressed with the argument that the MacGregor amendment would embarrass the United States in her relations with her neighbors in the Western Hemisphere. What about our neighbors and allies in the Eastern Hemisphere? What is embarrassing about a policy of equal treatment for all members of the community of nations? And why should not such a policy. designed to take effect 3 years later. be established now while we are engaged in the omnibus task of reforming our immigration laws? Why postpone a chore we will some day most surely have to perform? And when that day comes. will not that chore. standing alone. be more difficult and more embarrassing to perform?
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