Mr. President. when the Immigration and Nationality Efficiency Act of 1980. S. 1763. is brought to the floor. a I plan to offer an amendment to delete section 5. Section 5 would allow entry into the United States of approximately 60.000 additional immigrants. The immigrants comprise first. second preference applicantsspouses and minor children of leol resident aliens from Mexico. the Philippines. Hong Kong. and Belizewhose approved petitions to grant entry status were filed prior to October 8. 1979. and second. persons claiming to invest $40.000 in the United States who established entitlement to entry status prior to June 1. 1978. The Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. established during the 95th Congress. has a mandate to study our present immigration laws and practices and to recommend a coherent. efficient and humane immigration policy. Today. our immigration policy Is without direction. It is the purpose of the Select Commission to help us establish prioritiesto decide whether our immigration laws should respond to our special relationships with other countries by way of granting them higher immigration allowances. or whether we should respond to the need to reunite families. or the needs of the economically and/or politically oppressed. Next March the Select Commission will submit its recommendations to Congress. It is expected that a definition of policy on families of immigrants will be included in this report. My suggestion Is that we wait for this recommendation before we make a policy change of this dimension. In view of the unprecedented influx of refugees in the recent past. it would be unwise to compound our current immigration problems with some 60.000 additional immigrants. I hope my colleagues will join with me in my amendment to delete section 5 of this bill.
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