Lets stop holding Salvadorans and Nicaraguans to a separate standard. A wellfounded fear of persecution upon return is a standard for the granting of asylum. not EVD. EVD has always been conferred upon nationalities due to unstable or unsettled conditions in potential deportees homelands. such as civil war. In the past. various administrations have granted EVD to refugees in situations similar to that of the Salvadorans and Nicaraguans. In fact. EVD has been granted to 15 different national groups during the past 25 years. and currently protects from deportation Poles. Afghans. Ugandans. and Ethiopians. Yet the Reagan administration continues to deny this protection to Salvadorans and Nicaraguans. The time has come for us to act on our beliefs. and to alleviate an intolerable disregard for basic human rights. It is time we extend an offer of compassion and protection to these refugees. and I urge my colleagues to defeat the motion to strike the EVD provisions for Salvadorans and Nicaraguans contained in this bill.
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