Fraternity-Testvériség, 1964 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1964-11-01 / 11. szám
FRATERNITY 9 spouses and children of citizens, and natives of Mexico, Canada and other Western Hemisphere countries — to aliens who have special skills or are the parents of U. S. citizens; to establish quotas on a realistic and equitable basis related to population, need and use, and to revise them every five years; to pool and reallocate unused quotas, up to 100,000; and to eliminate the present discriminatory Asia-Pacific triangle provisions. The principles embodied in the bill have been endorsed by American Council for Nationalities Service (ACNS) and many other civic, welfare, religious and labor organizations. On July 23, 1963, President Kennedy urged Congress to eliminate the discriminatory national origins quota system which he said, “neither satisfies a national need nor accomplishes an international purpose.” FORTY-SEVEN CITIES IN THE U. S. HAVE OVER 25,000 FOREIGN BORN The First Twenty Are: New York ..............................1,858,902 Los Angeles .......................... 616,677 Chicago ................................... 601,015 Detroit ..................................... 364,575 Boston ..................................... 320,328 San Francisco-Oakland ......... 300,241 Philadelphia .......................... 297,234 Newark ................................... 181,524 Cleveland ................................ 175,134 Pittsburgh .............................. 155,661 Paterson-Passaic .................... 149,144 Buffalo ................................... 114,772 Miami ..................................... 112,588 Seattle ........................................ 89,967 Jersey City ........................... 88,710 Providence ........................... 85,252 Washington, D. C....................... 83,942 Milwaukee ................................ 79,645 Minneapolis-St. Paul ............... 70,700 San Diego ................................ 65,263 (Figures are for standard metropolitan areas) WHERE OUR IMMIGRANTS CAME FROM — 1953-1962 Europe .................... .............1,381,730 North America ...... .............. 910,187 including including Germany ............. .321,934 Mexico ............... Canada ............... ...400,263 ...288,391 United Kingdom ... .222,656 Cuba ................... ...104,442* Italy ..................... .213,434 Asia ............................ .............. 180,033 Poland ................. . 74,669 including Ireland ................. . 68,937 Japan ................. ... 48,169 Hungary ............... . 55,595 China ................. ... 36,732 Netherlands ........ . 49,804 Philippines ........ ... 22,444 Greece ................. . 45,001 Indonesia ........... ... 16,769 France ................. . 38,921 South America ..... .............. 98,602 Yugoslavia .......... . 37,033 Africa ..................... .............. 18,993 U. S. S. R................ . 26,304 Australia and New Zealand 7,779 Portugal ............... . 26,063 Other Countries .... ............. 2,525 Total Admitted All Countries........... .............2,599,349 Includes only regularly admitted immigrants, not refugees paroled into U. S.
