I thank the chairman of the subcommittee. Madam Speaker. it is with great pleasure that I join with my colleagues in passing S. 1698. the Senate companion to H.R. 808. the Amerasian Immigration Act. As the legislation now states. it will allow individuals born to U.S. citizens and Asian mothers in Korea. Vietnam. Laos. Thailand. and Cambodia (Kampuchea) to immigrate to the United States under their proper preferenceas sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. The passage of the legislation will finally allow these individuals the opportunity to live a life where they are not forever condemned as outcasts. The long and arduous legislative effort over the past 4 years could not have been successfully carried through without the assistance of the many citizen groups. private voluntary agencies. interested individuals and those in Congress who persisted throughout the legislative malaise.
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