Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of the conference report on S. 358. the legal immigration bill. The bill. which was the subject of several days of meetings among members of both the Senate and House Judiciary Committee and others. reforms Americas legal immigration quota system. It expands the annual immigration numbers from the current level of 530.000 to roughly 700.000 per year. I believe that the current proposal on these major issues is a good resolution of the differences between the two Houses and should be approved because it represents a reasonable compromise. Those supporting family reunification should applaud our efforts because we have proposed additional visas over the current allotment. We have also proposed to increase visas for those immigrants who can contribute to improving American competitiveness in world market by attracting highly skilled Individuals to our country. Last but not least. additional visas are to be granted to citizens of those countries that traditionally were sources of immigration in the past. These citizens were fore. closed from immigrating due to the vagaries of the 1965 law. The legislation also provides for temporary safe haven to Salvadorans. as proposed by Chairman Moakley. Mr.
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