and the majority of the cosponsors of H.R. 618 supported the immigration bill. Second. if you will recall. the House passed version of the immigration bill included the language of H.R. 618. Obviously. a majority of the Members of this House did not see protection for Salvadorans and Nicaraguans as undermining the immigration bill. Second. opponents have claimed that H.R. 618 undermines the Refugee Act of 1980. This is simply not true. The Refugee Act does not even address the issue of EVD. It deals with asylum. They are two different issues. Asylum is granted to those who can -prove they have a "wellfounded fear of persecution." This if often difficult to establish. as is illustrated by the fact that on average. 97 percent of all Salvadorans who apply for asylum get turned down.
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