Mr. President. I have learned of an outmoded law being religiously adhered to by our Immigration and Naturalization Service to the detriment of unmarried citizens attempting to return to the United States with children they adopted while residing in a foreign country. Under 8 U.S.C. 1101(b) (1) (F) a child adopted by a married U.S. citizen is given immediate relative status upon petition. thereby clearing away the requirements for coming into the United States under an immigrant visa status which may take up to several years. Mr. President. contemporary considerations of human decency and values live long in the eyes of these observers who witness the justices or injustices within the U.S. social order. The outmoded immigration law has touched my home State of Indiana in a most poignant and peculiar fashion. I received a letter from Mrs. J.
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