Mr. Chairman. I believe we must assist the refugees that have been brought here albeit under questionable circumstances provided the screening process weeds out those among them who are not financially in need. are war criminals. were parasites in Vietnam and Cambodia and provided adequate effort is made for those refugees who wish to return to their land. The intent of this bill is to aid political refugees. As a compassionate people. we all want to heal the wounds of war as best we can. and to effect reconciliation. Therefore. I believe we must also take this opportunity to assist our own political refugees who were earlier victims of this war. at the same time that we address the problens of the Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees. The war is not over. cannot be over. as long as 20.000 young Americans remain in exile. as long as 12.500 are still listed as descrters. as long as several thousand men and women have criminal records because of their war resistance acts. and as long Ps 637.000 veterans have less tmn honorable discharges. The amendments I am about to offer would help only one category of resisters--those who fled this country knowing tft._.t they .vould he prosecuted and jailed for adhering to their political convictions.
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Generalization that some refugees are war criminals or parasites.