A bill to modify the present quota law by the admission of relatives of citizens and declarants was introduced by Congressman La Guardia of New York.
Congressman La Guardia’s bill is more radical than the one introduced by Congressman Perlman and provides for the admission above the quota of the parents of American citizens, unmarried children under eighteen, wives or husbands of aliens who have declared their intention of becoming citizens and have resided in America for three years. The bill would also give preference in the issuance of visas to quota immigrants, unmarried and under twenty-one; the brothers or sisters of American citizens or aliens who have taken out their first papers and have resided in America for three years. La Guardia limits this preference, however, to seventy-five per cent of the annual quota of each nationality.
The bill also calls for the repeal of the preference given in the present law to skilled agriculturists.
The two bills are pending before the House Immigration Committee and will be considered on January 6th, when the hearing obtained by Congressman Perlman will commence. Opposition against these proposed liberalizations of the present law is constantly growing, revealing the strong anti-immigration sentiment of Congress.
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