The President has consistently maintained a courageous and forthright stand regarding the Sovietsponsored martial law regime in Poland. He has provided an important example to other states in both adopting firm sanctions and denouncing the Soviets for the sponsorship of the dictatorship. Despite the Presidents sharp criticism of the regimes repressive policies and significant human rights violations. our bureaucracy has not kept pace in its treatment of Polish refugees seeking asylum in the United States. I am told. for instance. that between 1982 and 1984. the INS routinely denied between 71 and 91 percent of Polish asylum requests nationwide. Moreover. it has been inconsistent in its standards for asylum approval and excessive processing delays and difficulties in the reunification of families have occurred. In short. through these and other practices. the bureauracy has lagged well behind the intent of the President in dealing with the many Poles who have sought refuge here from a brutal dictatorship.
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