Mr. President. on April 27. I commented in the Senate on the plight of Cuban refugees in third countriesprimarily Mexico and Spainwho were unable to join members of their immediate families in the United States because of the labor clearance requirement of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965. At that time I inserted in the RECORD a letter from the Department of State indicating that possible avenues of relief for these refugees were being explored. I was delighted to learn yesterday that the Departments of State and Justice have agreed upon new procedures whereby the labor clearance requirement will be waived for Cuban refugees in third countries who are the parents. spouses. or minor children of refugees in the United States. Certainly this new policy is consistent with the principal purposethe reunion of families--of both the Immigration Act Amendments and the Cuban refugee program. Mr. President.
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