Mr. President. I would like to conclude by saying that the bill marks a historic departure. a historic turn in immigration legislation and policy. and places our country in the forefront of the nations of the world which wish to do justice in terms of an open world extending not only to goods. but to people. That. I feel. is the ultimate objective of freedom and the ultimate objective of the kind of world in which we in the United States wish to live and wish everybody else to live. The bill has some imperfections. and I think it could be very materially improved if these imperfections were dealt with. Those which I feel are the most outstanding are the absence of any statute of limitations as to deportation of lawfully admitted aliens. and the Western Hemisphere numerical limitation. As to the former. as the Attorney General has told us. and as our report states. he will give that matter careful study and will report to us about it. and the committee will be free to do something about it next year. This is a bill to deal with the national origins quota system. Many of us on the committee feel that. at long last. we ought to get rid of it. and if inherent internal improvements In the procedure under the law are deemed to be requiredand they certainly are requiredwe ought to deal with those next year and hold hearings on them. I hope this will be possible.
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