May I say to the gentleman that Subcommittee No. 1 of the Committee on the Judiciary gave considerable thought to the enactment of the joint resolution. House Joint Resolution 397. which I introduced earlier this year. That joint resolution provides for the participation of the United States in this socalled World Refugee Year. I might say to the gentleman that we have earmarked $10 million for our active participation in providing financial assistance to the refugees. but the subcommittee felt that before any action regarding admission of additional refugees to this country was taken. we should ascertain what the problem really is. We have heard all sorts of figures. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has given us the official number of refugees desiring to emigrate overseas as 28.000 which. of course. is considerably fewer than the numbers that we hear about. particularly coming from the other body. So the subcommittee is making a complete investigation in order to determine several things. one. what the scope of the problem is and two. why the refugee immigrant visas already available under acts formerly enacted have not been used. We strongly suspect that the refugees are being hoarded for the purpose of keeping jobs for certain people. We intend to act promptly.
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Refugees are being hoarded to keep jobs for certain people.