I do not like bringing thousands of additional people into this country. and I do not like the additional tax pressures this bill will cause. None of our choices are easy. however. and this one requires special thought and prayer. But as we did not refuse the Hungarian and Cuban refugees who fled from communism during the 1950s and 1960s. we cannot refuse these now. The whole Indochina situation has been a tragedy for us and caused us a loss of international respect. If we turn these people away. our divisiveness will increase and our foreign image will sink to a historic low. We cannot se. these people once again adrift on the open sea. We cannot force them to return to the country they fled out of fear for their lives. Their presence in this country is authorized by longstanding refugee provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This bill settles the only two questions left to be asked: How long it will take to move them through and out of the campsand I might add that our experience in World War II should make the very idea of permanent camps abhorrent to all Americansand who is going to pay the bill. These people are here because of national policy. and the Nation as a whole should pay the costs of their health and welfare. not the State and local governments.
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