S. 1872. has 27 sponsors. H.R. 5606as amendedis a simple bill. but behind it stands a noble American principlethat this Nation has always been and should always remain a haven for the oppressed of other lands. The bill authorizes 30.000 special visas outside the regular immigration quota system for Soviet Jews who are permitted to leave the Soviet Union and wish to come to this country. Up through the earlier part of this century. the United States had no restrictions on immigration. and every schoolchild can recite the successive waves of persecuted minorities who sought our shores and enriched our national lifePilgrims. Huguenots. Catholics.
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