We have shared our wealth. our homeland. our friendship and our lives with others that they might be able to enjoy the opportunities. privileges and good fortune that we enjoy. In Southeast Asia alone. we have spent over $150 billion. and 55.000 of our fellow citizens have sacrificed their lives. not to mention the 300.000 woundedmany of whom now must live with terrible disabilities. Now we are being asked to open our doors once againover and above all our other effortsand accept the refugees who are pouring out of Vietnam and Cambodia. I am sure that if we were now enjoying economic prosperityif jobs were plentiful and energy resources not becoming more and more scarcethe people of this Nation would open their hearts and doors to the refugees as they have in similar situations. This is not the economic situation we face. however. and there are many Americans who do not feel we can absorb hundreds of thousands of additional people to compete for scarce jobs. energy and even food. This might be a good time to ask the question. "Who will decide who will be allowed to come to the United States and who will not. and what will the decision be based on?" I think we will have our hands full just accepting the wives and children of American citizens. and I suggest that we should draw the line there.
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