Last year Congress considered a measure to grant permanent residence to these people. That bill was not acted upon. Now these Estonians are faced with deportationdeportation to certain deathor what might be worse than deaththe concentration and slavelabor camps of Siberia. These individuals came to this country directly from Sweden. They can. of course. be deported to that country. Sweden has. unfortunately. accepted as a legal fact the violent incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union. Hence. under the laws of Sweden. these people are Soviet subjects and would be deported from Sweden. back to their native land and. as I have said. to death. persecution. or imprisonment. Our Immigration and Naturalization Service has now issued deportation orders for these people. I hope that the Senate will speedily consider and approve my bill which will permit these men. women. and children. after proper screening. to remain in this country. After escaping from behind the iron curtain and after heroically overcoming the hazards of the North Atlantic in their small motor and sail ships. these refugees from tyranny should certainly be given harbor and haven in this country. That gesture on our part would be well understood the world over. especially behind the iron curtain. We would thus provide a happy ending to this flight from terror. to this break from the Soviet prison house.
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