Many Ukrainians wish to flee the repression and join nearly 2 million compatriots here in the United States. Ukrainians and other Eastern Europeans who have settled in the United States have immeasurably enhanced the cultural wealth of our society. In the arts. education. business. and medicine. immigrants from Eastern Europe have made important and valuable contributions. While we have admitted refugees from Eastern Europe. they have never received the generous treatment recently accorded to Cubans and Indochinese. Eastern Europeans who do arrive on our shores frequently have great difficulty adjusting to their status. The resolution which I am introducing today expresses the sense of Congress that refugees from Eastern Europe. who are also the victims of Communist tyranny. ought to be given the same generous treatment as those from Cuba and Vietnam. The people of the Ukraine have faced 63 years of persecution and repression. We must insure that they. and their fellow Eastern Europeans who come to our shores. are afforded every benefit which they deserve.
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