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14 Immigration B. Bull. 1 (1961)

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     /            IMMIGRATION BAR BULLETIN
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                           THE ASSOCIATION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWYERS
   .         ••Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled
        -   masses yearning to breathe free . . . I lift my
            lamp beside the golden door.

Vol. XIV                                        January-May, 1961                                                No. 1


       MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT
                   HASKELL R. BARST

  Several months have now gone by since I was honored by
my election as President of the Association of Immigration
and Nationality Lawyers. I stated then that I would spare
no effort to carry out the responsibilities of the office. This,
I have earnestly endeavored to do, but I must admit that
it would have proven difficult, if not impossible, without
the cooperation which I have received from my fellow
officers, the members of the Board of Governors and many
other members of our chapters. I am pleased to report that
the cooperation which has been extended to me has been of
immeasurable help in fulfilling the duties of President of
the Association.

  There is little doubt but that all of us are aware of the
progress, slow as it may be, of mankind in the art of living
together; in the appreciation of the feelings of others; and
in the fact that the future of our country and the world is
based upon the brotherhood of man. Our great country is
presented with a challenge of our times - bringing hope to
the unfortunate, renewed faith to the disillusioned and deso-
late, and friendship to all who would share with us in the
quest for the brotherhood of man. We lawyers, specializing
in the field of Immigration and Nationality, are privileged
to have an opportunity to make a substantial contribution
to this end. It is my earnest belief and sincere conviction
that we lawyers who, in a manner of speaking, are part of
the life of the alien in the United States, or the alien seeking
to enter this country, should make every effort and endeavor
to bring to the attention of our lawmakers, the plight, sor-
rows, tragedies and misfortunes which befall them.

  I refer particularly to those aliens who are seeking to join
families in the United States; to those who, because of
some technical and legal obstacles such as quota restrictions,
are practically barred from entering our country and re-
union with close members of their family; to those who,
whether by choice or circumstance, have spent many years
in the United States and are nevertheless faced with the
threat of deportation and exile to countries long since aban-
doned; to those who are married to citizens of the United
States and, because of their previous vocation, such as sea-
men, are required to seek out a foreign country which will
permit them to appear at our American Consulate there to


apply for an immigration visa for return to the United States
and their families in this country; to those aliens in the
United States who, because of the circumstance of birth,
are discriminated against in that they may not, like others,
apply for adjustment of status here, but must seek visas
abroad, even in cases where there exists a marriage to a citizen
of the United States; and to those aliens who, although never
in difficulty with police authorities anywhere, are guilty
only of the crime of wishing and hoping to live in peace in
our great country and yet are inextricably bound up in regu-
lations and laws which prevent them from ever adjusting
their status in the United States.

  We, as a group, more than any other, are aware of these
facts and it is our duty to bring them to the attention of
those responsible for the enactment, administration and en-
forcement of our immigration and nationality laws. I respect-
fully submit that, in this way, we, as lawyers, may hasten
and speed the progress towards the brotherhood of mankind.

  I am happy, indeed, to report that our seminar, workshop
session and social weekend, held in Atlantic City on April
29th and 30th, 1961 was a tremendous success socially and,
more important, from an informative and educational point
of view. The atmosphere which prevailed was dignified and
yet there was present a profound spirit of fraternity and
joviality which could not be denied. The Association was
honored to have as our guests, many dignitaries all of whom
had kind words to say concerning our purposes. Messages
were received from the Vice-President of the United States,
members of the Supreme Court, and many Senators and
Congressmen. Our banquet dais was graced with a number
of officials, including the Honorable August R. Lindt, Am-
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland
to the United States, who accepted our Founder's Award
granted him for the services which he rendered so well as
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees during
the years 1958 to 1960. It was truly an affair which will long
be remembered in the annals of our Association and I am
proud that I was privileged to have had a part of it.

  The Board of Governors of our Association has adopted a
resolution opposing certain of the provisions of H.R. 6300
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