Senator MATHIAS. held a hearing on S. 2263. a bill which Senator MATHIAS and I introduced. During that hearing. several witnesses testified about the need to change our laws in a number of areas to ensure that free trade in ideas could continue into and out of our borders. One area of particular importance was the area of our immigration laws which currently allow our Government to exclude visitors to this country simply because of their political beliefs. In April 1986. I introduced S. 2177 along with Senator MATHIAS which deals exclusively with this problem in our immigration laws. Both of these bills. however. would make desirable changes and I hope that we can make progress in this area soon. I urge my colleagues to read John Buchanans statement and realize the importance of his efforts to preserve basic first amendment liberties.
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