The United States has always placed an emphasis on the family and the importance of that institution. With the promise of the future United StatesSoviet summit we must seize the opportunity to remind our neighbors In the East that to knowingly keep families apart is a violation of the most basic of human rights and is inexcusable. Perhaps. as some have said. this mass allowance of emigration is an attempt by Mikhail Gorbachev to publicize his interest in improving SovietAmerican relations. We need to applaud his efforts. However. we need to remind him that the human rights of Soviet Jews are being violated daily and any improvement in Soviet American relations will occur only after they are addressed. My constituents and I welcome our new emigrants and send our sincere hopes that this is the first step in resolving any cases of divided families and oppressed Soviet Jews.
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