In short. the numbers were lost. The new law. by doing away with quotas and establishing a firstcome. firstserved arrangement. prevents this wastage. I might add that the new law does not significantly increase the total immigration per year. It allows for an increase about equal to these 50.000 numbers unused under the quota system. A second objection to our prior policy was that it failed to serve the national interest. No matter how skilled or badly needed a man might be. if he was born In the wrong country. he had to waitperhaps beyond his life expectancywhile others less qualified than he could enter the United States at will.
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