The procedure used to do so was for the Secretary of State to recommend to the Commissioner of the INS that such status be provided. The Commissioner then acted on behalf of the Attorney General of the United States in formally granting this temporary shelter provision. Many refugees can not now return to their homes in El Salvador. having been forced to abandon them by the ongoing fighting. They have no immediate prospects for resettlement and little hope of resuming the lives they were forced to flee. Several reports from El Salvador indicate that some refugees face retribution from their Government when they are returned by the U.S. Government. I believe it is vital that we offer these refugees a temporary haven until the situation in El Salvador improves sufficiently to allow them to return and reside safely there. This is an urgent problem which grows increasingly critical with every day that it does not receive appropriate attention. As the fighting continues in El Salvador the flow of refugees to the United States .dso will continue. The resolution that I am introducing today is a way of addressing this problem immediately. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution. Doing so will help remedy a serious problem for Salvadoran refugees residing in this country and restore the traditional American policy of aiding displaced victims of war. A copy of the resolution follows:
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