There have been. however. certain questions raised in the course of our hearings that indicated certain fears or concerns in the minds of some interested people. I would like to set them straight. First was the fear that this legislation would result in a significant increase in overall immigration. As I have previously stated. the number of quotas authorized each year will not be substantially increased. The world totalexclusive of Western Hemispherewill be 170.000. an increase of approximately 11.500 over current authorization. But 10.200 of that increase is accounted for by the inclusion of refugees in our general law for the first time. There will be some increase in total immigration to the United Statesabout 50.000 to 60.000 per year. This results from changing the law from an individual country quota system to a worldwide system. These are the numbers that go unused each year because quota numbers given to a country that are not utilized are wasted. By removing that obstacle to use. all numbers authorized will now be used. thus the increase in immigration will be about the same as the number of quotas now wasted. More specifically. the future use of numbers can be estimated as follows. Under this bill. we will use the 170.000 numbers given to the world. exclusive of the Western Hemisphere. and about 60.000 more for immediate relatives.
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