Chairman. if the gentleman from South Dakota will yield. I would like to respond to the gentleman. We are talking about 2.000 South Vietnamese and Cambodians who are here either on exchange visas or student visas. In many instances they are recipients of State Department scholarships. At present their status would be exactly like an Americanborn student at a college who is receiving a scholarship except for one factor. that by virtue of being foreigners. they would not be permitted under their status to seek employment to supplement their income. This is an advantage any American student would have at college. What has occurred in the last few weeks in addition to the suspension of deportation for these students is that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has said this category of foreign students may seek employment. So if anything. I would say to the gentleman they have now reached a parity with their American counterparts in colleges rather than a preferential status.
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