I stand in front of you today to detail yet another chapter in the ongoing plight of the Soviet Jewish community. As you know. Gorbachevs Perestroika policies have allowed for a great number of Soviet Jews to receive exit visas to leave the Soviet Union. As successive administrations and Congresses have incessantly pressured the Soviet Union to relax their emigration regulations. these Soviet reforms would seem a testimony to the dedication of the American people and government. Before last October. INS automatically accepted Soviet refuseniks into the United States as refugees because their fear of persecution in the Soviet Union was a given. Suddenly. after years of a stable immigration policy. applicants "fear of persecution" must now be documented before they are allowed to enter the United States as refugees. How can they document a fear. an intangible? Certain elements. of course. can be proven.
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