Nov. 15. 1985] How To TREAT DEFECTORSTHE MEDVID RULES (By Charles Krauthammer) The United States is of two minds about defectors. It appreciates the sentiment but not the hassle. Every defector is confirma. tion that America is the promised land. Too many defectorsa whole world of tired. poor. huddled masses is yearning to be freeand the promised land gets crowded. Worse. too many defectors can be bad for business. Embassy business. for example. U.S. embassies in the Soviet bloc discourage locals from jumping their walls and seeking asylum. It means added work and headaches. A group of 16 Siberian Pentecostals lived for five years in the basement of the U.S.
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Generalization about 'tired, poor, huddled masses' wanting to come to America and crowding the promised land.