As it proceeded up Fifth Avenue under the leadership of the grand marshall. Father John J. Barry. a banner was held aloft reading "Fair Immigration Laws for Ireland. Write your Congressman." Until this year only one other message has been permitted on banners in the parade. Not inappropriately. that read "England Get Out of Ireland." Mr. Speaker. the presence of the new sign in that parade should remind Members of Congress of the drastic decline of immigration from Ireland. New York Times reporter Maurice Carroll said in an article describing the parade which appeared on March 18 that the new immigration law "has cut the inflow to a trickle." Almost 1 year ago. last April 10. I introduced legislation in the 90th Congress to make additional visas available to nationals of those countries where the average immigration had sharply declined as a result of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Last year there were some 36 Members of Congress who either cosponsored that legislation or introduced identical bills. This year. on the opening day of Congress.
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