Again. we appreciate your readiness to review these applications based on the new Jnformation provided with the motions for reconsideration. In addition to the formal motion and attached personal statement for each familyhead applicant. we have appended to this cover letter a summary in each case. This summary includes some additional information regarding other church and family members who have been approved for immigration. other specific information in support of their application and a summary of their personal statement. We are confident these facts provide the basis for a grant of refugee status under any permissible standard. but especially in the context of the long standing of practices towards Soviet refugees and the commitment of the justice department toward a "generous" application of the definition of refugee. (See letter of U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese to Presidential Assistant Colin Powell noting that in the process of establishing uniform procedures for assessing Soviet emigres. that "all immigration officials ... will be as generous as possible in their application of the refugee definition.") Sincerely. Prof. LYNN BUZZARD. Chairman. Soviet Refugee Legal Task Force.
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