Speech #970241985

Mr. President. I rise to congratulate my friend from Alabama. Senator DENTON. for the compassion he has shown in introducing S. 1698 and the perseverance he has exhibited in seeing it through. He and his staff have worked terribly hard and have overcome a number of barriers to reach this final consideration of S. 1698. The bill before us will allow Amerasiansthe children of American soldiers who served in Asiato immigrate to the United States. Their very nameAmerasiantells of their plight. They are not completely American. but not really Asian either. Their Western physical traits. while not enough to make them citizens of the United States. are more than enough reason to their Asian countrymen to ostracize and persecute them.