The Washington Post reported on September 13. 1984. that the number of bombings in the first 6 months of 1984 increased by nearly 50 percent. and there can be little doubt about the impact of that increase on civilian safety. The U.S. Agency for International Development reported in March 1984. that as many as 1 million Salvadoran refugees were displaced within El Salvador. That is 20 percent of the Salvadoran population. By comparison. during the worst days of the Vietnam war. the number of internal refugees never exceeded 8 percent of the population. Opponents of this legislation argue that we can send Salvadorans back to the western provinces of El Salvador or to Honduras. The western province of El Salvador makes up an area that is about onequarter the size of New Jersey.
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