Iran. and Nicaragua. It is currently in effect for Poles and Ethiopians. I urge my colleagues to join me and the original sponsors of this resolution. Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. CONTE. and Mr. PRANK. in supporting this effort to provide temporary safe haven for Guatemalan refugees now living In the United States. H. REs. 107 Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to extending voluntary departure status to nationals of Guatemala Whereas ongoing fighting between the military forces of the Government of Guatemala and opposition forces is creating potentially lifethreatening situations for nationals of Guatemala. Whereas in 1984 an estimated 90 political killings a month occurred in Guatemala and the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States has received documentation of an average of 80 disappearances a month in 1984.
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