Speech #890138271

We have also seen that when the politicians prevail and legislate in the anticipation of compensatory votes at the polls. we always find that an even greater pressure is created for the admission of more and more aliens. To continue to follow such a course of political expediency can only lead to disaster. It has been claimed by some that those who advocate immigration reforms demonstrate great political courage and that there is no political mileage to be gained from attacking our present system. but rather that overt action could be politically damaging. To accept such a line of reasoning one must be really politically naive. and I would most certainly not place the Members of this body in that category. Nor do I for one moment believe that the thoughtful people of this Nation fail to recognize the political implications of the socalled drives for immigration reforms. It is no secret that both national political parties have "nationalities" divisions which actively direct the efforts of pursuing the votes of the hyphenated nationalities groups in our population. Those groups are concentrated in our big urban centers. Is it any wonder then that we are told that we must have immigration reforms which will favor those groups? When the politicians are so busy. how can one say there are no political motivations behind the reform movements? We now have before us the bill.