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I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his very perceptive comments. particularly as they relate to the situation in his own State. I would concur with the observation of the gentleman from Arkansas that our immigration and refugee policy is haphazard and uncoordinated. I would hope that the 97th Congress would address itself to revising our immigration and refugee quotas so that the situation which we have experienced in 1980 will never happen again. For my part. I think that there should be an absolute number of foreigners set by Congress that cannot be exceeded unless Congress should decide to amend that number either upward or downward. and within that number. the President would be limited in the number of foreign immigrants. refugees. applicants for political asylum or however else these legal immigrants are labeled. So I certainly do thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his comments. I hope that the country is listening to what we have to report.