This issue involves our humanitarian concerns for the people of the region. Inevitably. Communist totalitarian governments result in streams of refugees. the sad sight of people leaving the country of their birth to escape the yoke of Communist dictators. Today. over a million Americans of Cuban descent reside in the Miami area. They represent those lucky enough to have escaped Castros dictatorship. They have become patriotic Americans with a firm belief in democracy. the free enterprise system. and Americas place of leadership in the free world. Likewise. Nicaraguan refugees are now estimated to number 95.000 in Costa Rica and 79.000 in Honduras. Miami alone is estimated to have 60.000 undocumented Nicaraguan aliens. As the Sandinistas consolidate their power. the number of refugees can only increase. Mr. President. what is the United States to do when it faces a flood of refugees from Central America? Do we say to them that they failed in the attempt to achieve democracy in Nicaragua and they ought to live under a Communist dictatorship? Mr.
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