Mr. Speaker. perhaps as many as 200 local churches and a couple of American city councils have declared themselves sanctuaries for thousands of undocumented aliens. mainly from El Salvador and Guatemala. Harboring these people is a serious Federal offense. especially since most do not qualify as political refugees. Beyond being driven by humanitarian concerns. the leadership of the socalled sanctuary movement openly announces that the real motive lies in cynically manipulating the refugee question for extreme ideological purposes. especially hindering the Reagan administrations efforts to block the spread of communism throughout Central and South America. Since more will be heard concerning this movement. I am pleased to share with my colleagues excerpts from an excellent article appearing in the April issue of the Religion & Society Report.
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