This amendment does not. This is a senseoftheSenate resolution that does not address that point specifically except to require the President to submit a report. I think the INS is an immigration service and is fundamentally illsuited for refugee processing and all of its attendant foreign policy delicacies. But again I am not going to address that issue in the manner I have in S. 814. The amendment also provides for earmarks for protection of the refugees at the border camps of Thailand. and provides money for education there. The amendment acknowledges that Thailand has borne the brunt of the refugee problem. and provides a continuation of the already successful Affected Thai Villager Program. Mr. President. refugee policy has been the last in line for the Judiciary Subcommittees attention. I commend Senators SIMPSON and KENNEDY for the work they have done the past few years in getting comprehensive immigration reform legislation in place. Unfortunately. this year the Bork hearings have precluded any new attention to the refugee crisis in Thailand and the region. So while I understand the concern of some that this amendment is meddling or is trespassing. I assert the emergency in the region and the necessity for action as the two reasons for why I and the majority of U.S.
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