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President Johnson Presses Congress to Amend
Immigration Laws, Offers Bill Aimed at Quota
(Direct JTA Ttletype Wire to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON—President Johnson sent Congress Wed-
nesday a message asking for "long overdue" priority action
to amend the American immigration laws. He submitted with
it a bill to reform the Immigration and Nationality Act to
eliminate the National Origins Quota System and correct
other defects.
The President condemned who have outstanding and sorely
the National Origins Quota needed talents and skills. I do not
that this is either good
System as "incompatible with believe
government or good sense. Thou-
our basic American tradition," sands
of our citizens are needless-
which, he said, was "to ask ly separated
from their parents or
not where a person came from other close relatives."
but what are his personal qual-
To replace the quota system, the
ities." He told Congress that President said, the new bill "relies
"violation of this tradition by on a technique of preferential ad-
the National Origins Quota missions based upon the advantage
System does incalculable to our nation of the skills of the
immigrant and the existence of a
harm."
"The procedures imply that men close family relationship between
and women from some countries the immigrant and people who are
citizens or permanent resi-
are, just because of where they already
of the United States. Within
come from, more desirable citi- dents
zens than others." The President this system of preferences and
declared that "We have no right to within the numerical and other
disparage the ancestors of millions limitations prescribed by the law,
of our fellow Americans in this the issuance of visas to prospective
way. Relations with a number of immigrants would be based on the
countries and, hence, the success order of their application."
The President said first pref-
of our foreign policy is badly im-
erence would be given to those
paired by this proposition."
whose skills or attainments
President Johnson also pointed
would be "especially advanta-
out that "the quota system has
geous" here. Other preferences
other grave defects. Too often it
would favor close relatives of
arbitrarily denies to us immigrants
citizens and permanent residents
"and thus serve to promote the
uniting of familieslong a goal
The Community Is
of American immigration pol-
icy."
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Parents of American citizens, he
to hear a
said, could obtain admission with-
out waiting for a quota number.
Comprehensive Report
As in previous immigration re-
on the
form measures submitted to Con-
gress, the new bill would provide
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a five-year transition period. It
would establish the general rule
By
that no country could be allocated
more than 10 per cent of the quota
numbers available in any one year.
To prevent hardship, however,
to any friendly country by sudden
curtailment of its emigration, the
bill would authorize the President
-- after consultation with a new
immigration board to be set up
under the bill—to utilize up to 30
per cent of the quota numbers
available in any one year to re-
store cuts made by the new system
in existing quotas.
Similar authority, President
Johnson declared, would permit
the President to reserve up to 10
per cent of the numbers available
in any year "to meet the needs of
refugees fleeing from catastrophe
or oppression."
Other provisions of the bill
would permit the transfer of un-
used quota numbers from one
country to another, would give
nonquota status to parents of
" citizens and fourth preference
to parents of resident aliens,
would not require a skilled first
preference prospective immi-
grant to find an employer
before coming to the United
States, and would eliminate tech-
nical provisions that the Presi
dent said had hampered effective
use of the existing fair share
refugee law.
Mr. Johnson stressed in his
message that the total number of
immigrants would not be substan-
tially changed. He said the bill-
authorized quota immigration
would be increased "by less than
7,000" froui the present level of
158,361 per year.
Mr. Johnson assured Congress
that `this bill would not alter in
any way the many limitations in
existing law which prevent an in-
flux of undesirables and safeguard
our people against excessive or
unregulated immigration. Nothing
in the legislation relieves any im-
migrant of the necessity of satis-
fying the security requirements
we now have or the requirements
designed to exclude persons likely
to become public charges. No im-
migrants admitted under this bill
could contribute to unemployment
in the United States."
President Johnson concluded his
message with an appeal to Con-
gress for favorable action.
"I urge the Congress," he said,
"to return the United States to an
immigration policy which both
serves the national interest and
continues our traditional ideals.
No move would more effectively
reaffirm our traditional belief that
a man is to be judged—and judged
exclusively — on his worth as a
human being."
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