Mr. President. our Nation has long prided itself on a long tradition of compassion and humanitarianism toward the homeless of the world. Americas heritage and the very vitality of our democracy is built upon the lives of immigrants seeking hope. freedom. and opportunity in a new land. I am troubled that this Nation of immigrantswhose bicentennial is- nearly hereis struggling over whether our doors will remain open to the latest group of refugees from South Vietnam. Widespread concern over new refugees may find its roots in fears of the future. in present economic hardship in our Nation. or in a desire to rid ourselves once and for all of the nightmare of the Indochina war. For us. the war is truly over. For the Vietnamese too. the end of suffering from continuing decades of hostility has arrived. and peace will come to Indochina for the first time in two generations.
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