and to me that they have no desire whatsoever to turn out into the streets. particularly in those cases as in my own hometown of Garden Grove. where we are trying to rebuild a decayed area that has become crime infested. and in that area are innocentand I underline that word "innocent" several timesinnocent families who. if they are not able to go into Government housing are simply going to have to be put in the street. or the programs of rebuilding are shut down on this catch 22. that you cannot turn out a family. put them in the street. is not the choice you want. and you cannot put them into any Governmentsupported housing. As far as the aspect here of people 62 years of age or over having to affirm their citizenship. we should take the word of honor of senior citizens. many of them who go back 50 years to that period when Mr. BIAGGI spoke of seeing horrors in this country where children were born in camps across this country because everyone was struggling for a job during the Great Depression. and they have no records of birth. civil servants were being laid off in many of our States. and these people who were 12 or younger who came out of that period should. under penalty of perjury. be afforded the honor of affirming their citizenship. This is what the Immigration and Naturalization Service works under. and I think it is unfortunate that HUD is struggling under a tougher standard than INS because we did not clarify in our legislative intent the will of the House. So I hope that my amendment will be accepted.
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