Many others have relatives in the United States. Many would die without our assistance. While our country is leading in the number of refugees it is accepting. we are also leading in the effort to obtain permanent resettlement homes for other refugees outside the United States. Through this legislation. we will also provide assistance to countries which are our allies. such as Thailand. which is being inundated not only with hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees. but many thousands of starving Cambodians as well. I certainly share the concern of those who say that we cannot and should not take all of the refugees of the world. But. I sincerely believe that in a country with the wealth. size. and resources of our own. we should provide the assistance it is in our power and ability to do. In fact. we are taking actions to insure that incoming refugees will not be settled in locations with high concentrations of refugees. Some $42 million of the funds in this bill will go to such voluntary agencies as the U.S. Catholic Conference. Church World Service. and the Lutheran Immigration Service to assist with the resettlement problems here. The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has turned its back on its own people in a cruel and inhumane manner. continuing the sad saga of repression in Indochina. one of the great tragedies of our times. As the worlds greatest advocate for human rights. the United States can and should open her heart and her doors to these desperate victims of Communist repression.
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