Mr. Speaker. as a cosponsor of H.R. 4447. legislation to impose a 3year moratorium on the deportation of Salvadorans. I very much hope that the Congress will enact this humanitarian protection for the victims of the conflict within El Salvador. Having been to El Salvador twice within the past 2 years. and having met with refugees in Central America. and in the United States. I know that the Salvadorans now in the United States would face grave risk if they are deported while the civil war continues in El Salvador. H.R. 4447 offers the House the opportunity to provide temporary haven until the conflict within El Salvador is resolved. I want to share with my colleagues a compassionate. perceptive call for enactment of this legislation which appeared in the St.
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