Mr. Speaker. I rise today in hopes of successfully completing a process begun 3 years ago by this House to end discriminatory treatment against men. women. and children from the Republic of Ireland who wish to immigrate to the United States. but who are prevented from doing so because of what I am sure is an unintentional consequence of the Immigration Act of 1965. This House recognized in 1972 that the labor certification provisions of the 1965 act prevented not only Irish citizens. but also English. German. and Scandinavian people from leaving their homelands to seek a new life in the United States. Unfortunately. the Senate failed to follow our lead. and the law remains today what it was thena highly discriminatory act blocking thousands of people from the lands of our forefathers from joining us on this side of the Atlantic. In view of the utterly unrestricted immigration presently being allowed. because of the press of recent events. Mr. Speaker.
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