Fuentes U.S. publishers. called the act "absolutely outrageous." Columbia University officials. who have invited Mr. Fuentes to lecture there next year. protested to Attorney General Mitchell. Telegrams and letters to high Government officials are reported to have been sent by a number of literary organizations. including a resolution signed at the National Book Award ceremonies by more than 200 authors. publishers and critics declared the United States was. and I quote "secure enough in its democratic values." and urging abolition of immigration restrictions against foreigners on the basis of dissenting political views. Mr. Speaker. I am introducing today a bill to amenc the Immigration and Nationality Act. by repealing section 212 (a) (28) and section 241(a) (6). These two subsections provide. respectively. for prevention of entry and deportation on the grounds of a persons past or present membership in certain organizations. or. more nebulously. their past: or present allegiance to certain beliefs. This- includes members of the Communist Party and affiliated or front organizations. members and associates of any other totalitarian government. and anarchists. The inappropriateness of such a restriction is emphasized by our exchange agreements regarding visitors from Eastern European countries.
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