Mr. President. My point is we must when we make these decisions take into consideration the prospect and the effect of refugees which can result from those decisions. Creating a refugee flow is a serious humanitarian problem in itself and creating one with a claim upon resettlement in the United States warrants even a greater consideration by the policymakers. This amendment. if enacted. constitutes a serious foreign policy decision. one that has been considered by the administration. and quite properly. I believe. rejected. As we consider this amendment. I will just say remember the refugee consequences to the United States which could result Just as we incurred heavy humanitarian obligations to individuals in the South Vietnamese Government and military as well as those who threw in with us in Laos and Cambodia. We will incur special obligations toward those members of the Cambodian resistance whom we arm and send back into Cambodia. Similarly. we have incurred special obligations toward the Contras whom we have armed and supported in Nicaragua.
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