Patels service station and can personally attest to the fact that Mr. Patel is a productive. lawabiding citizen. The Patels are now faced with a deportation order as of November 23. 1981. under which they will be forced to return to India. Their American dream will be brought to an abrupt and painful end if that deportation order is carried out. The forced exclusion of such hardworking. conscientious. and communityspirited people is certainly not what our immigration laws were designed to accomplish. This is certainly the case when their effect is to permanently disrupt the lives of young. Americanborn children. I am the son of immigrants. My parents came to this country with little more than an ambition of making a better life for their family than they had known themselves. Shailesh Patel. and thousands of immigrants like him who have lived and worked in this country for many years. harbors the same ambition for himself and his family. Through hard work and initiative. he and his wife have come far toward realizing their ambition. and in doing so. have enriched the lives of their community and the United States. We are a nation that has grown great by opening its doors. To allow immigrants who have made a productive life for themselves here and who seek to contribute to their communities to join us as citizens is to the benefit of all and to the benefit of the United States. I urge early consideration and passage of this bill. Mr.
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