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Mr. President. every profession sees an individual who. over the years. contributes so much to it. who comes by his service to embody its highest standards. and who advances its cause in so many distinguished ways. that they are called "the dean" of their professions. In the field of immigration law. that individual is Maurice A. Roberts. he is "Mr. Immigration." This month members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. meeting in Seattle. will honor Maury Roberts for his many years of service in behalf of humane. generous. and fair immigration law. As chairman and a longtime member of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugees. I have come to know of Maury Roberts work over the years. and I have deeply appreciated the wise counsel and frequent assistance he has rendered to the subcommittee and its staff. Maury Roberts currently serves as editor of Interpreter Releases. the premier review of Immigration law in the United States. but his life in Immigration has spanned more than 50 years. During this distinguished career he has participated in some of the most important immigration cases of our time. and he rendered singular service in the Department of Justice and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. From 1968 to 1974 he served as Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals. but following his retirement he literally began a new career in transforming Interpreter Releases into an indispensable tool of American immigration law. A very thoughtful appreciation of Maury Roberts career has been written by a former colleague. Carolyn Waller. who is on a leave from her position as director of the Alien Rights project of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In joining her and her colleagues in the American Immigration Lawyers Association in paying tribute to "Mr. Immigration"-to Maurice RobertsI ask that the text of her recent article be printed at this point in the RECORD. The text follows: (From the Immigration Journal. January-