Speaker. it is with a sense of grim irony that I learned of how our Canadian friends used subterfuge and false documentation to spirit six U.S. diplomats out of Iran. It was a clever and daring feat and we owe the Canadians a debt of gratitude. Yet the bitter irony is in the fact that while such an elaborate scheme was necessary to smuggle six Americans out of Iran. nearly 7.600 Iranians have been legally and routinely admitted into the United States since the day our Embassy was seized. including about 1.200 "students." It is hardly necessary to point out that it has been administration policy to review the visas of Iranian nationals for possible deportation. The irony is. indeed. cruel. It is made all the more tragic because six U.S. diplomats had to spend 3 months in hiding before rejoining their families here. while 50 others remain hostage.
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