Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. this is the amendment which I have discussed previously. It merely adds one word to the immigration law. the word "unmarried." The effect of it is that. henceforth. what we call the fifth preference. rather than giving a preference to all brothers and sisters of American citizens. will confine that preference to the unmarried brothers and sisters of American citizens. Mr. Chairman. the thrust of this amendment and the thinking behind it is this: What we are trying to do in our immigration statutes is to unite families. We are not trying to put a great big hole in the immigration law so that everyone and his cousins can come into this country. Unmarried brothers and sisters of an American citizen are properly members of the family unit here. Married brothers and sisters. very possibly. have very large families of their own and are not members of the American citizens family unit.
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