President. I am not going to talk long on this for the simple reason that all we are saying in effect is that the Royal Thai Government and other friends of our country need some kind of planning period. not a 6month allocation. Now. in addition to that. you would think that we were going to open the floodgates. by listening to the Senator from Wyoming this morning. somehow we are going to declare everybody who crosses the border as a refugee. We are going to qualify them all to come to the United States. We are going to flood the country with refugees is the implication. Now. we ought to recognize we are only suggesting a modest number. not 38.500 that we have this year including the ODP. but we are suggesting 36.500 total for the next 3 years. That is not the estimated 400.000 that may be in those camps today or even the 125.000 of the 400.000 that might be eligible for interviewing and processing.
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Implying that all refugees who cross the border will automatically qualify to come to the US and flood the country.