Mr. Speaker. I merely want to state that the motivation behind my thinking on this resolution was this: In the last 2 or 3 months. there have been several Polish immigrants in my district who have come to me. asking if it would be at all possible to remain in the United States until the situation in Poland became more secure. It has been a very volatile situation. as we all know. with the threat of internal strife or Soviet intervention constantly in the background. And it was heartbreaking and frustrating for me to have to tell these constituents that there was nothing I could do after pleading with the immigration officials in my area and finding out that it was virtually impossible to extend their visas any longer. It was a very distressing situation. I felt we were asking people from Poland in the United States. as I said this morning. to walk the plank. I felt we were asking people from Poland to return to an unfavorable and uncertain political situation in which their lives or personal safety could be endangered. Today. we are asking the President to put a freeze on deporting any Polish citizens at this particular time. pending a time when the situation is not so critical. House Resolution 304 would request that the President immediately seek a halt to all proceedings which could result in the deportation of Polish citizens whose visas have. or will soon. expire. We are requesting that the President take this action until he determines that the political situation in Poland is stable and that any Polish people returning to their homeland would encounter no undue risk. Mr.
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