Mr. President. I rise to associate myself with the remarks of the Senator from Wyoming. who has done such an outstanding job as chairman of the Subcommittee on the Judiciary with responsibility for our immigration and refugee policy. I shall add further some thoughts of my own on this particular amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from Arizona. I know the intent and good will that he has put into this particular piece of legislation. In my study of our immigration and refugee policy in the United States over a number of years. I have to come to the conclusion that this amendment would represent the very worst of our refugee policy. First. it would be an open recruitment for new refugees to come into this country. Second. it is a policy. really. against the Government of El Salvador that we are extending considerable effort to try to preserve and protect. I cannot think of anything that would be more destabilizing to that government than for the United States to invite into this country as refugees all of the people who want to come from there. I think that would be extremely counterproductive to all of the efforts that we are making in that Central American country to try to preserve stability and create a peaceful situation. Mr.
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