Amendment of the immigration laws to eliminate “brutal” separation of members of families through the operation of “obscure technicalities” is advocated by Representative Samuel Dickstein.
Speaking at a dinner to Generoso Pope, publisher of II Progresso, Italian daily newspaper, Mr. Dickstein said Congress was to blame for a deplorable situation in which the reunion of aged parents with their children was prohibited and similar hardships wrought.
He said the literary test ought to be relaxed so that deserving persons who wanted to come to the United States would not find the gates barred to them.
The dinner, given by Judge Nathan Sweedler, was held at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn. A committee was formed to start work immediately looking to humanization of the laws. Representative Emanuel Celler also attended.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
