Mr. Speaker. I have introduced an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act which would repeal section 245(c). This would put all immigrants who apply for permanent residency on the same basis. They would all be treated alike. Mr. Speaker. another injustice has been done to some Latin Americans as a result of the way in which the new Immigration and Nationality Act is being administered. Before the act went into effect on December 1. 1965. any Latin American who was in the country on a visa was eligible to have his status changed to that of permanent resident if he met the minimum health and character requirements. Relying on this. and prior to the effective date of the new law. many Latin Americans routinely applied for a change of status. Because of the timelag in processing. many of the applications had not been acted upon prior to December 1. 1965.
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