So let there be no doubt in anyones mindviolence and civil war are still very much a fact of life in Central America. The issue before us is "How do we respond to the humanitarian debris of these wars?" Do we send them back to the war zone? Is this body really going to vote to deport Nicaraguan refugees back to wartorn Nicaragua on the heels of our approval of military assistance to the Contras? If we are true to our proud national traditions we will not. Our country has on 15 occasions over the past 26 years granted extended voluntary departure. a temporary stay of deportation. to national groups where there is extreme civil unrest in their homelands. In fact. we provide EVD currently to Poles. Afghans. and Ethiopians for this very reason.
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