PRESIDENT: AS you know. a devastating earthquake struck the Azores islands in Portugal on January 1 leaving some 1518.000 persons homeless. In this connection. I would appreciate it very much if. in consultation with the Portuguese government. you could give consideration to invoking your authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act to parole into the United States certain individuals suffering particularly serious dislocation as a result of the earthquake. I am thinking especially of dependent children whose parents have been killed. elderly people who have lost relatives constituting their only means of support. or other people who have little or no chance of resuming their former livelihoods. With respect and regards.
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