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Of the first group that came out which was the group evacuated by us. which is the one we have done a profile on. 45 percent are under 16 years of age. some 70 percent of those people speak English. and they have high employment skills. We do not anticipate the next group will reflect nacessarily the same profile since that is essentially the group that set to sea and was picked up in the South China Sc.q. it is important for Members to understand what it m.ians to be on parole. People remain in a real sense at the discretion of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. By the express language of the statute. parole of an alien into the United States is not an admission. in contemplation of law. an alien under parole is deemed to be standing at the waters edge although he is allowed to be physicaly present within the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has power to restrict movement and to direct as to where people should be resettled so as to take into account the unemployment problem. Of course the announced policy which is being pursued is to resettle the refugees evenly across the country. The Executive branch has made a commitment to the Governors that State and local authorities will suffer no fiscal hardship forthis program and will be reimbursed 100 percent for the costs of health and welfare and social programs which may be incurred by State and local governments so there is a clear effort that none of those burdens will fall upon the localities. We are faced with an enormous human problem.