This is simply intolerable. By comparison. the upward of 10.000 Ethiopian Jews who were able to flee Ethiopia to Israel earlier this decade with the help of the United States have found the freedom from discrimination. the educational and professional opportunities. and the economic advantages so sorely lacking in the land of their birth. In Israel. they were welcomed in a generous outpouring of national support rivaling that given to any other refugee group in any country in the world. Mr. President. as Senate cochairs of the Congressional Caucus on Ethiopian Jewry. Senator CRANSTON and I have spearheaded congressional measures calling on the Ethiopian Government to recognize the right of family reunification. Senator WILSON has always been active on behalf of Ethiopian Jewry. Despite our efforts. the struggle still goes on.
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