No. Mr. Speaker. we are not holding out our hands. we are not welcoming these refugees from a brutalized. tyrannical society. Rather we are threatening to penalize those who have worked to bring about a Dunkirk evacuation to carry these courageous people to freedom. Mr. Speaker. the President of the United States--the President of a nation founded on flights from tyranny. a nation of refugees from totalitarianismshould wade out into the Atlantic Ocean to welcome with open arms these homeless. tempesttost. Have we so lost our understanding of what this Nation is and stands for that the extraordinary exodus from Cuba cannot shine in our eyes and in the eyes of people everywhere in the world yearning to be free in the torchlight of our Statute of Liberty. God help us if liberty is not as precious to us as to those beyond our shores who seek it and seek our help.*
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