Mr. Speaker. at the request of the Department of State. I have today introduced an immigration revision bill. Mr. KEATING joins me in the introduction. Since the enactment of the 1965 Immigration amendments. experience has made clear the necessity for certain modifications. particularly wit- reference to the Westei n Hemisphere. The imposition of a numerical ceiling upon the Western Hemisphere for the first time resulted from Senate amendments in 1965 to the legislation originating in the House of Representatives to phase out the most favored nation immigration policy. As a consequence. no preference system was established for immigrants from the Western Hemisphere. The administration proposal would make some revisions in the existing preference system applicable to the Eastern Hemisphere and make it effective for the Western Hemisphere also. Some refinements and changes in our immigration law are urgently needed. The Immigration. Citizenship and International Law Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary has completed hearings upon the subject of Western Hemisphere immigration and is ready to propose specific legislation. I am confident these suggestions from the Department of State will receive prompt and careful consideration. I am inserting in the RECORD at this point a copy of the transmittal from the Department of State. a brief summary of the bill and a tabulation of highlights of the bill.
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