Now. the Soviets are permitting many thousands to exit. and they are witnessing this embarassing spectacle. As a result of INS policy. the Congress is forced to pass legislation to let these Soviet emigres into the United States. This is a sad commentary on a refugee admission policy which appears to be driven by a set of severely confused principles. Madam Chairman. let us send a signal to the world that when the United States pursues a policy of emigration for Jews and others in the Soviet Union. we fulfill the objectives of that policy. One clear objective of our struggle for Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union was to give these pbople safe haven and the opportunity to live in freedom in the United States if they so choose. Indeed. tens of thousands of Soviet Jews have settled in the United States and now live productive lives in this country. Madam Chairman.
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