Mr. President. if the Senator from Michigan will yield. I concur in what the Senator from New York has said to the effect that there has been no abuse in immigration from any of the countries of the Americas. I might also state that the first bill which proposed to place a limitation upon the nations of the Western Hemisphere was introduced by one of the Senator from New Yorks predecessors. Senator Herbert Lehman. in 1955. At that time he said: I say to those who criticize placing Western Hemisphere nations under the quota systemlets be fair to all. The same criteria should apply to all peoples. regardless of the place of their birth. I believe our Latin American neighbors will respect us for such a policy. I sincerely trust that his belief will be justified. Of the contributions made by Senators on the subcommittee and the full Judiciary Committee. some of them were contributions of omission as well as contributions of commission. The Senator from New York deserves special praise on that point. because he was very much concerned about certain provisions of the naturalization law and certain provisions with respect to procedure in deportation cases. but he withheld amendments on those proposals because he was anxious to process a bill concerning the receipt of immigrants for permanent residence and eventual citizenship. I think his is one of the significant contributions made to this bill in that respect.
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