INS and the administration have taken a number of actions. including training programs for INS interviewing officers. to bring greater consistency to the adjudication process. However. the use of parole should be terminated. The new parole policy was in response to the huge numbers of persecuted religious minorities being allowed to leave the Soviet Union. Until recently the number of applicants granted exit visas from the Soviet Union was discouraging. Exits were a mere trickle in 1986. only 914. Restrictions were relaxed during late 1987 and 1988. enabling more Jews and other persecuted religous minorities to leave. In 1987. the figure was 8.155.