President Duarte is affording his family members a sort of extended voluntary departure status. Mr. Speaker. the understandable anguish and fear that President Duarte has over the safety of his family should also be extended to the thousands of refugees who have fled El Salvador in search of a temporary safe haven. For this reason. I have sent President Reagan a letter today urging that he reconsider his stand against granting Salvadoran refugees extended voluntary departure. The general conditions of violence and civil unrest in El Salvador are a clear justification for Salvadorans to be afforded this temporary status. In the meantime. I urge my colleagues in the House to support my legislation. H.R. 822. which would grant Salvadorans now in the United States a temporary stay of deportation. Mr. Speaker.
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