In this particular instance. I think the feeling of those who participated in this exercisethis really was an extraordinary effort to resolve some fundamental philosophical differences between the two committees. and for which the gentleman from Ohio and the gentleman from Arizona . in particular. deserve great credit. as well as the gentleman from California . The feeling was that. while as a general principle the notion of reciprocity made some sense. it was also possible to conceive of circumstances under which the United States. the superpower. with 240 million people. might have justification for somewhat different immigration requirements than Micronesia. an entity of some 200 small islands with only 133.000 people. I think the bottem line here was the feeling that an absolutely worstcase scenario. if all 133.000 of the Micronesian people came to the United States. which nobody expects and which is virtually inconceivable. given their cultural tradition and their attachment to their own land. that would have an infinitesimal impact on the population composition of our country. But if only a relatively small number of Americans decided to go over to Micronesia. it could fundamentally alter the ethnic and population composition of those islands. So one could conceive of a situation where they would be entitled to have somewhat more restrictive immigration requirements than the United States. That is the reason.
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