Mr. President. I wish to make a statement regarding the conference report on H.R. 2580. the Immigration and Nationality Act. Mr. President. when H.R. 2580. the Immigration and Nationality Act. passed the Senate on September 22. I voted against it because of two aspects of it which disturbed me. One was a provision relating to the thousands of Cubans already in this country who fled that unhappy island because of Castro. The Senate bill would have had the effect of conferring U.S. citizenship on these unfortunate people without the normal waiting period. and therefore without any adequate screening process. While I deeply sympathize with these refugees from Communist tyranny. I think it would be extremely unwise to confer citizenship upon them on a wholesale basis without the traditional screening and waiting period. In addition. such action by our Congress would suggest that we expect these good people never to return to their native land and this would imply that we feel Castros Communist regime is a permanent thing in Cuba.
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