An article in the Washington Post. September 9. 1986. page A9. noted that. Although intended only as a progress report on the relief organizations effort to assist returned Salvadorans. the ICM report provides the most systematic and direct evidence to date of the fate of the returned refugee. As one might expect. proponents of the Sanctuary Movement and of S. 377 have already begun to salivate and react and have criticized the findings. but I suggest that all Members read the study and decide quite for themselves whether the most comprehensive information found to date should be ignored. You will find the hard evidence here to refute one of the most hyped up and illadvised pieces of legislation in this Congress. You just dont give special status to 500.000 to 600.000 people who would not be injured or harassed in any way if they were returned to their country. Recall that the second largest flow of illegal. undocumented persons to our country are from El Salvador. They come here to work. They flee poverty. But they are not refugees. They should not have special privileges. Mr.
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Generalization that Salvadorans are not refugees but economic migrants.