I support H.R. 9615. I commend the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey for his leadership in bringing this proposal to the floor. Mr. Chairman. in 1965. just 7 years ago. we enacteu sweeping amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act. abolishing once and for all the discriminatory national origins quota system that had been in effect for over 40 years. Under this system. each country had been entitled to an annual quota equal to onesixth of 1 percent of the number of U.S. citizens of the same national origin in 1920. The result of this arbitrary system was that in the year 1964.
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