I might say to the Senator from Rhode Island. and I am sure it is his experience. that many of the cases that we are coming upon in our part of the world right now involve Irish migration. This was the first great migration to this country. and as it has resumred in considerable part. the Irish are having to separate their families once again. It seems to me that the same spirit of amnesty that motivated to pass the Immigration Reform and Control Act last October should be extended. to not a large number of persons. but for a large principle. And there is a large principle involved here. If our Secretary of State is to raise issues of family reunification with the heads of Communist governments and other such. he ought to do so in the knowledge that his own government is sensible in such matters. and pursues them here on the Senate floor where laws can be passed and matters resolved directly. I urge the adoption of this amendment. Mr.
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