Ugandans. and Afghanis. What is unprecedented is the need for congressional action to force application of this humanitarian policy through legislative mandate. In late 1983. the Congress passed a nonbinding resolution as part of the State Department authorization bill which states that Salvadorans should not be deported to El 8alvador until conditions in that country permit them to safely reside there. Sadly. the conditions that necessitated that resolution last year have not improved. Yet. the deportations continue. During fiscal year 1983. according to unofficial INS statistics. 3.175 Salvadorans were sent back from the United States to El Salvador under formal orders of deportation. and another 1.827 were sent back pursuant to enforced voluntary departure. This comes out to about 100 Salvadorans a week. The Legal Aid Office of the Archdiosese of San Salvador reports 2.527 political murders of civilians in the first 6 months of 1983. I am concerned that some of those deported may be among those victims. We cannot continue in good conscience to send Salvadorans back to this situation. Over the last several weeks. the Senate was involved in a vigorous debate over U.S. policies in Central America as we approached a vote on the administrations request for a supplemental appropriation to provide. in part. continued military assistance to El Salvador.
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