Mr. Speaker. as part of the 1983 congressional call to conscience vigil for Soviet Jews. I would like to draw attention to the plight of a family which has been separated as a result of the emigration policies of the Soviet Union. Susanna Kreymerman. who now lives in my district. was allowed to leave the Soviet Union with her son in 1979. However. her husband Leyba Kreymerman. as well as her daughter and soninlaw have not been allowed to emigrate. As long as Mr. Kreymerman is denied permission to leave the Soviet Union he must endure the hardship of living in a nation where he cannot freely express his religious and cultural identity. while at the same time being separated from his wife and son. The Kreymerman family has taken enormous risks and paid a high price to press for their basic human rights. We must show our solidarity with their struggle by never forgetting their plight and assuring that those responsible for violating their human rights are continuously pressed to allow them to emigrate. When Mr. Kreymerman was first refused permission to leave the Soviet Union. he was told he would have to walt at least 5 years before such permission could be granted.
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