I rise to address the present and future status of Soviet Jewrythose who are unable to leave the Soviet Union or unable even to live as Jews in the Soviet Union. For Jewish people living in the Soviet Union. the past several years have proved to be a nightmare of intimidation and persecution. In 1984. fewer than 900 (896) were permitted to emigrate. And in 1986. the total was only 914. There are still thousands of others. many with no family In the West. who want to be repatriated to their homeland. Israel. Their plight is all the more painful because of the blatant. antiSemitic campaign being waged In the officially sanctioned media. Waves of arrests of Jews involved In the emigration movement are aimed at frightening the others Into submission. Without support from the West. these brave men and women may disappear Into the gulag. They plead that we do not forget them. To serve that end. we in the Congress. representing the conscience and will of the American people. have acted. Time and time again. we have unmasked the Soviet Unions repression of "prisoners of conscience." their statesponsored campaign to eradicate Jewish culture and education. as well as their severe restriction of Jewish emigration. Often. too. the Congress has sounded a clear. Insistent note. calling out for the Soviet Government to respect the civil and human rights of its Jewish citizens.
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