They are made secondclass citizens. I want to bring the attention of the Senate to the plight of Boris Rifkin. a Soviet citizen and a Jew. Boris and his wife Dina initially applied to emigrate in 1976. They were victims of religious persecution. and they believed that their children would be discriminated against In higher education. They also desired to join Dinas relatives who resided in the United States. Their emigration request was refused on the ground that Boris allegedly had access to state secrets. Shortly after the visa applications of the Rifkln family were denied. Boris was fired from his job of 25 years as an electrical engineer. Dina then lost her job as a surgical nurse.
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