Preference provisions of the Immigration Act of 1924 would be extended to facilitate the admission of certain highly skilled workmen needed in American industries by the Free bill reported to the House by the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization Specifically the measure would amend the Immigration Act as amended in May, 1928, to give quota preference to certain relatives of citizens and aliens lawfully admitted.
The full text of the section of the Committee’s report explaining the measure made public February 9, follows:
“The bill would amend the preference provisions of the immigration act of 1924, as amended, so as to facilitate the admission as quota immigrants of certain highly skilled workmen needed by American industries for the performance of specialized work, or for the development of improved methods or processes, when labor of like qualification can not be found unemployed in the United States.
“The existing preferences, available to fathers of citizens, mothers of citizens, and husbands of citizens where marriage occurred after May 31, 1928, are not disturbed. Neither is there any effect upon the preference available to a skilled agriculturist, his wife and dependents, coming from a country having a quota of 300 or more. The three preference classes, i. e., relatives, technicians, and agriculturists, are placed on an equal footing, with no priority for one over the other.
“The desirability of this improvement in the law has been recognized ever since the inception of the policy of restricting immigration by numerical limitation.”
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