Most of them now live in other free countries. We have partially lived up to the expectations of our humane conscience by the admission of these Hungarian escapees into the United States on a parole basis. The emergency Hungarian refugee operation. as initiated by our Immigration and Naturalization Service. with able assistance from the Department of State and the consular services. was marvelously successful. as far as it went. The program probably would not have been a reality if it were not for the countless religious and charitable nonprofit organizations which set up machinery in Austria and the center at Camp Kilmer. N. J.. to assist in sponsorship. transportation and countless other problems. We have acted with deliberate haste in rescuing these brave persons who fled their beloved nation at risk of life and limb rather than live in their once free country now under the yoke of Communist tyranny and cruelty. Section 212 (a) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides that the Attorney General may. in his discretion. parole into the United States temporarily under such conditions as he prescribes for emergency reasons. or reasons in the public interest. any alien making application for admission. This is the provision by which the 33.000 Hungarians were admitted. However. the section goes on further to state that when the purposes of such parole have been met. the alien shall forthwith be returned to the custody from which he was paroled.
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