The cold figures in tables of quota numbers do not tell the whole story. as my colleagues and I know it from personal experience. Passage of this bill will bring new hope and new happiness to thousands of American families. This bill will not raise the overall numbers of immigrants. and provides clear protection for the American workingman. But it will allow skilled and talented men and women to enter this country on the basis of their abilities. Our great and varied culture has grown and flourished as it blended many nationalities and cultures into our unique American way. This bill will open the doors of our country to quality and to skill. so that men and women from every part of the world who can make a real and valuable contribution to the Great Society can come to this country to join with us in building it. In summation. the administration bill will make it far more possible for highly qualified foreign citizens to immigrate to the United States. do away with our present discriminatory practices. and assure the fullest use of the quota numbers available. In addition. the refugee reform provisions in the bill will make it easier for people who are fleeing from tyranny to be welcomed to the United States as refugees. The Judiciary Committee deserves the highest praise for the fine work they have done on a difficult and complex bill. Our distinguished colleague. Senator KENNEDY of Massachusetts. has our praise and thanks for his able management of this longawaited reform of the immigration law.
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