Unrealistic immigration laws
and overcautious visa require-
ments are losing the United
States as many friends as they
win, it is pointed out by. Judith
Laikin, who writes in the Dec.
-
27 issue of Reporter Magazine.
Miss, Laikin, the daughter of
and Mrs. Benjamin Laikin
of Detroit, is a farmer employee
of the visa section of the Ameri-
can Embassy in London. The
title of' her article is "Im-
migrants, Visitors and Legal
Roadblocks."
In the article, Miss Laikin
states that because of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act,
passed • by the 82nd Congress,
"our consular offices abroad are
forced to separate families who
cannot be made to fit its in-
flexible terms."
The author cities numerous
examples of individual citizens
who, on the surface and accord-
ing to the law, must be exclud-
ed from migration to this coun-
try. However, she says that
mitigating circumstances i n
many cases, mostly insofar a
families are separated, would
allow entry.
Calling the act by Congress
"a blind immigration law," Miss
Laikin says that in keeping out
undesireables, such as the dis-
eased, insane, the drug addicted
and •criminal, in day-to-day Op-
eration of the law, its heavy
weight opprestes many in offen-
sive people.
Miss Laikin cites figures to
prove that the act also is a
public burden and needless. ex-
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pense. She says that no less
than 4,747 ~private bills were in-
troduced in the 83rd Congress
for the relief of individuals Op-
pressed by the act. Of these,
753, or nearly a half of the
total number of laws enacted
by Congress, became law.
Even though our immigration
policy is one of defense, how-
ever, Miss Laikin asks, "Is that
a valid policy for a non-immi-
grant policy?"
At the present t i m e, she
charges, "we are selecting our
visitors on grounds that are ir-
relevant to the purpose of the
trip and obstructive to our own
interests." '
Visitors must produce a pass-
port, three • photographs and
documents puiporting he can
pay his own way in the U.S. or
that someone will pay it for
him. He must prove he is a bona
fide visitor and not an immi-
grant' in disguise, she adds.
He must be cleared of being
criminally • depraved, a Com-
munist agent or otherwise in-
admissable under two dozen
counts of the law. He then is
fingerprinted and takes an oath,
and the vice-consul signs his
visa.
The only difficulty, Miss
Laikin says, is that in a large
Embassy, such as London where
over 28,405 visas were issued
last year, if each applicant were
thoroughly checked, they'd
be waiting in line.
"These inflexible travel reg-
ulations are imposed orf us by
the false link between immigra-
tion and tourism. If we are
really confident about the ex-
cellence of our American • way
of life, it is clearly to advantage
to welcome foreign guests into
our• country so that they will
return to their homes as unpaid
propagandists," Miss Laikin con-
cludes.
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The review of Giovanetti's
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Moving tributes eulogizing
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last Sunday as part of the two-
day Farband City Conference.
The auditorium of the. Labor
Zioniit Institute was filled to
capacity with relatives, friends
and colleagues of; the three men.
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address, Rabbi Morris Adler
and Louis Segal, 7arband na-
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of all three men who were
honored.
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efforts were contributed in such
a spirit of devotion that• they
themselves did not realize what
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A plaque was unveiled by
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Clarifying a Point
on New Dance Team
Editor, The Jewish News:
I would like to clarify a point
of information regarding the
newly-forrod group, Ha Machol,
which is performing Israeli
dances in our community.
Mrs. Channa Stiebel and not
myself taught and arranged the
dances for Ha Machol, and de-
serves to be given recognition
as choreographer.
Recognition also is due to
Ariel Stiebel, accompanist, Sid
Gewertz, guitarist,, and dancers
John Angry, Peggy Barnett,
Shirley Levine, Marjorie Van
Wingen and Jack Weiner.
As American dancers, we all
wish to thank Mrs. Steibel for
her time and patience in sharing
her Israeli background with us.
Mrs. Harriet Brg
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9-THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Friday, January 4,
Detroiter Judith Laikin Criticizes'
Immigration Laws in The Reporter