Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of H.R. 618 which would temporarily suspend the detention and deportation of Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees who are currently in the United States. I am a cosponsor of this legislation. I visited San Salvador in mid January of this year and spent several days talking to various groups and individuals including the U.S. Ambassador and President Duarte. I had the opportunity also to talk with people in the street as I had done during my first visit 15 years ago. It was the same country with the same economic problems that I had seen before. but this time the people were sad and frightened.
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