Legislation aimed at striking down the “national origins” quota system from present U.S. immigration policy was introduced today by Democratic Congressman Emanuel Celler, of New York.
Under his proposal, the non-quota status of immigrants coming from Western Hemisphere nations would be maintained; but, in addition, it would authorize a total annual immigration quota of 250, 000 for equal distribution among four classifications. These include cases of family unification and occupational class, refugee asylum class and resettlement class. Visas would be granted to immigrants without regard to country of origin, with the only limitation being that no more than 15 percent of the quota allocation could go to inhabitants of any one country in a single year.
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