Draft Press Release

DRAFT FOR THE PRESS: The Immi gration and Nationality Act, which has been enacted by Congress, will become effective on December 24, 1952. Meanwhile the President has issued a proclamation establishing quotas under the new law and the new quotas for certain Asian 2 countries will therefore become available to the ARCHIVER AND RECORDA SERVICE* natives of those countries on January 1, 1953. - The Department is proceeding at once wi th the drafting of regulations for the administration and enforcement of the new law and is revising the official forms required in connection with the applications by aliens for immigrant or nonimmi- grant visas. The Department has viewed this legislation from the beginning largely from the standpoint of its impact upon the conduct of foreign relations, rather than from the point of view which embraces the domestic immigration policy of the United States. The Department is required to implement both aspects of our national policy in connection with the visa system for controlling immigration into this country. While the Department regarded the proposed legisla- tion as an improvement over the existing law, it recognized certain shortcomings of the new law when viewed in the light of what might have been regarded as more perfect legislation. However, the choice seemed