Mr. President. I am today introducing a bill which would provide 30.000 special refugee visas to Soviet Jews. These 30.000 special visas would be considered outside the regular immigrant quota system. Under existing legislation. the Immigration and Naturalization Service is permitted to issue only 10.200 visas annually to refugees from the Eastern Hemisphere. and this quota has been oversubscribed for the last 2 years. I am gratified that 27 Senators of both parties have joined me in cosponsoring this bill. I strongly believe that their support shows the deep sentiment in the Senate that something must be done for the relief of Soviet Jews.
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