Speech #870124056

I thank the gentleman. Many of these refugees who came in subsequent to the Castro administration in January of 1959 under our policy at that time came in on visa. I just want to be sure that the language of the legislation does not preclude those people from receiving assistance because the present practice in many of the cases. as the chairman well knows. is to make payments to people coming in under visas. At the present time these people although they have visas are considered also refugees escaping from the Communist tyranny. I want to be certain the language of this bill does not preclude assistance to those who are in fact refugees from the Castro administration. but may have entered under visa for permanent residence.