Mr. President. I introduce today the Nicaraguan Refugee Equity Act of 1989. This act allows us in the United States. particularly those of us In the Congress of the United States. to take responsibility for the hardship of thousands of people now fleeing to this country as desperate refugeeshardship we played a major role in creating. I think there will be little question as to why this act is necessary. The newspapers and broadcast media are full of the reports of the tremendous influx of Nicaraguan refugees pouring across our border. These new refugees are swelling the already sizable Nicaraguan communities in some cities. such as Miamis. with 75.000 to 125.000 persons (Washington Times. February 13. 1989. page A81. But. as one paper observed: "Immigration specialists have noted a serious demoralization among the latest wave of Nicaraguans." Most of the arrivals. the specialists said. see the possibility now more remote than ever that the resistance forces will one day unseat the Sovietbacked Nicaraguan Government. A turning point in that perception. they all agreed. was Congress vote a year ago cutting off all U.S. military aid to the democratic troops. [Washington Times. February 2. 1989. page A8].
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