EXEMPT FROM THE QUOTA AGED PARENTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Samuel Dickstein (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. At the suggestion of a number of Members of Congress, we will now take up H. R. 5308, a bill to exempt from the quota fathers and mothers of American citizens 55 years of age or over. I think the Department of Labor is represented here in the person of Commissioner Hull, and I would like to ask him to make a statement. Mr. JOHNSON. Let the bill be read: A BILL To exempt from the quota fathers and mothers of American citizens fifty-five years of age or over Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (a) of section 4 of the immigration act of 1924, as amended by the joint resolution approved May 29, 1928, be amended to read as follows: (a) An immigrant who is the unmarried child under 21 years of age, or the wife, of a citizen of the United States, or the husband of a citizen of the United States by a marriage occurring prior to June 1, 1928, or the father or the mother of a citizen of the United States, if such father or mother is fifty-five years of age or over. Mr. JOHNSON. May I call your attention to the last sentence, "the father or the mother of a citizen of the United States, if such father or mother is 55 years of age or over," lines 10 and 11. The other provisions are in the law now. STATEMENT OF HON. HARRY E. HULL, COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, this bill seeks to change the law so that parents may come in under the nonquota class. It is along the line of recommendations that I have made for at least five years. It simply makes them "nonquota" instead of preference," and I do not see that there is very much that I can say more than I have said in the annual report. I am in favor of the principle of the bill. I might say that I do not think that very many would be added to those that did come. Mr. GREEN. About how many, Mr. Commissioner? Mr. HULL. If I have the figures correctly I think it would be about 500. I can't tell, but as the quotas are running to-day practically all these people are put on preference at present. EXEMPT FROM THE QUOTA AGED PARENTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Samuel Dickstein (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. At the suggestion of a number of Members of Congress, we will now take up H. R. 5308, a bill to exempt from the quota fathers and mothers of American citizens 55 years of age or over. I think the Department of Labor is represented here in the person of Commissioner Hull, and I would like to ask him to make a statement. Mr. JOHNSON. Let the bill be read: A BILL To exempt from the quota fathers and mothers of American citizens fifty-five years of age or over Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (a) of section 4 of the immigra tion act of 1924, as amended by the joint resolution approved May 29, 1928, be amended to read as follows: (a) An immigrant who is the unmarried child under 21 years of age, or the wife, of a citizen of the United States, or the husband of a citizen of the United States by a marriage occurring prior to June 1, 1928, or the father or the mother of a citizen of the United States, if such father or mother is fifty-five years of age or over. Mr. JOHNSON. May I call your attention to the last sentence, "the father or the mother of a citizen of the United States, if such father or mother is 55 years of age or over," lines 10 and 11. The other provisions are in the law now. STATEMENT OF HON. HARRY E. HULL, COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, this bill seeks to change the law so that parents may come in under the nonquota class. It is along the line of recommendations that I have made for at least five years. It simply makes them "nonquota" instead of "preference," and I do not see that there is very much that I can say more than I have said in the annual report. I am in favor of the principle of the bill. I might say that I do not think that very many would be added to those that did come. Mr. GREEN. About how many, Mr. Commissioner? Mr. HULL. If I have the figures correctly I think it would be about 500. I can't tell, but as the quotas are running to-day practically all these people are put on preference at present. |