H.R. 3517 envisions a distinction based on the method by which citizenship or permanent residence was acquired. Any equal protection attacks against this statute would likely be treated as those made in Fiallo. I would also point out that the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy urged the Congress to maintain flexibility in dealing with the territories of the United States. According to the Commission. Including all territories under the Immigration and Nationality Act without exception would merely exacerbate the immigration problems that they now face or increase tensions between the territories and the Continental United States. It is in accordance with this recommendation of flexibility and in recognition of the unique needs of the Virgin Islands that this proposal was conceived. Mr. Speaker. the problem addressed by H.R. 3517 has been studied in detail by the Immigration Subcommittee for almost 10 years. The bills chief sponsor. my good friend. the gentleman from the Virgin Islands Representative RON DE LUGO. has worked tirelessly to see this longoverdue legislation enacted into law. I. therefore. urge my colleagues to support this important legislation which will assure these aliens that they will be able to live without the constant fear that they will be deported from a society. of which they have become an integral part. Mr. Speaker. at this point I wish to include in the RECORD the previously mentioned legal memorandums of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of Justice: To: Theodore B. Olson. Assistant Attorney General.
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