Speech #960210051

Of the 226 Iranian diplomats who should have left the country under that orr er. fewer than 25 percent have done so. The rest are still heresomewhere. And when we told all Iranian students to register with immigration officials. only 700 of the estimated 10.000 in this country did so. The rest are still here--somewhere. From November 14 to March 9 another 11.079 Iranian entered the United States. including 2.306 students. 467 on business visas. 5.641 with visitors visas. 1.789 permanent resident aliens and 876 others. I say these actions are not those of compassion. but of idiocy. What. then. are we to dowhat are we to do to bring about the release of our people and to show the world that we are a power to reckon with?