Mr. Speaker. I wish to announce that on April 3 the Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality. Committee on the Judiciary. will meet in executive session to commence a series of hearings on the operation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. as amended. On July 1. 1968. the last vestige of the national origins concept as the means of selecting immigrants to the United States will be repealed and immigrants will henceforth be admitted on a firstcome. firstserved basis within existing preference categories. This system is a new approach in our immigration policy. My subcommittee has been. and will continue to study all facets and aspects of this new approach to insure that a fair and equitable immigration policy will be achieved. The Secretary of State has been Invited to delegate witnesses from the Department to appear before the committee on April 3 to analyze the present and future trends in immigration to the United States. Officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor will appear before the committee on future dates to be announced. Many Members of Congress and many nationality groups have expressed their concern about the change in the pattern of immigration. Their views will be welcomed and carefully considered.
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