Hearings on pending immigration legislation began here today before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality with testimony by Rep. Emanuel Caller, New York Democrat, who is chairman of the Committee.
Favoring the abolition of the 40-year-old National Origins Quota System, Mr. Celler expressed support for the Administration’s bill originated by the late President John F. Kennedy. The bill would cut each country’s immigration quota by 20 percent for each of the five years until they are eliminated entirely. The immigration numbers thus freed would go into a general pool and would be allotted on first-come, first-serve basis with priorities favoring skilled persons and members of separated families.
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