I am glad the committee has called for full restoration of the authorized amount of the program. Third. I want to say that I particularly appreciate the consideration given to the refugee program insofar as it affects Cuban refugees. I think the general public is inclined to believe that that problem is behind us now. We have had something like 500.000 Cubans come into this country since Castro came into power. I want this RECORD to show that the record of the committee hearings already shows. that something like 44.000 are coming in annually by airlift on a regular basis. and. according to the best estimates of the immigration people. about 4.000 are coming in by other. less regular means. making a total of about 48.000 a year. So that the problem is not behind us. but is a continuing one. Many features of it call for compassion.
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