Ukranians. citizens of the Captive Nations on the Baltic Coast. or any of the other similarly oppressed ethnic groups in Soviet Union. Today. I think it is entirely proper that we here in Congress bring the attention of the Nation and the world to the Soviet policy of forbidding Jews desirous of emigrating to Israel that right until a fee. in effect a ransom. is paid to the Soviet authorities. The idea of depriving human beings of the right to leave one nation for anotherleaving one they have come to hate for one that welcomes them with .open armsis especially distasteful to me. However. the idea of depriving these individuals of this right pending the payment of a ransom. which I understand can approach $37.000 per person depending on educational achievement.
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