Speech #960183680

This is a matter of charitythis is a matter of heartand it is an action that Jesus Christ would look to all of us to individually participate. I look to my Bible for guidance. Nowhere does the Bible say it is the responsibility of the Government to solve the refugee problem. But it says it is our personal duty and privilege to do our share. We as individuals must participatenot keep borrowing money and expect the Government to do all things for all people. Let us follow the spirit of Jesus Christ and take foreign charity as an individual responsibility. The quota ceiling for legal immigration into the United States is now 290.000 per year. yet this figure is approaching a half million a year. This bill increases the quota ceiling of refugees entering the United States from 17.400 to 50.000. However. the President will have the authority to admit an unlimited number of refugees into this country. From April 1975 through June 1979. we have spent more than $1 billion on Indochinese refugee assistance programs. It has been estimated that 6 to 7 million aliens are now living in the United States. and $13 to $16 billion is spent on welfare. compensation payments. and displacement of workers in U.S. jobs because of illegal aliens. This bill merely puts into law the confused practices we have been following on our immigration program. The Attorney General has consistently used his parole authority to substantially exceed the conditional 17.400 refugee entry ceiling. From April 1975 to June 30. 1980. the United States will have taken in 378.000 Indochinese refugees. Let us compare this to the amount other countries have taken and plan to take by June 1980. including those countries who have taken over 4.000. Australia ----------------------- 36. 759 Belgium ------------------------- 3.398 Brazil ---------------------------- 100 Denmark ------------------------ 1.370 Japan ---------------------------- 551 Malaysia ------------------------ 2.737 Spain --------------------------- 1.001 Greece --------------------------- 200 Switzerland ---------------------- 2.677 Sweden ------------------------- 2.263 Argentina ----------------------- 4.500 Canada ------------------------- 51.076 France ------------------------- 73.237 Federal Republic of Germany ---- 15. 735 Iran ----------------------------- 47 Philippines ----------------------- 127 Peoples Republic of China -------- 240. 000 United Kingdom ----------------- 12.841