OAKAR and Ms. KAPTUR. I will introduce legislation to permit Lebanese with family members in the United States who qualify for visas to come here immediately. temporarily lifting the quota ceiling that has created a tremendous backlog of Lebanese who want to escape the war and come to the United States. Many of these people have parents. children. brothers. and sisters in .Cansas. Everyday that the bloodshed continues. these people face the risk of bodily injury and death. I also will support efforts to give students and other Lebanese nationals who entered the United States legally and whose visas have expired or are near expiration. temporary protected status in the United States until the bloodshed subsides. Congress has taken similar action in the case of Chinese students following the Tianamen Square massacre. and related action has been proposed in the past for Salvadorans and Nicaraguans living in the United States. But there are very few places on Earth where the constant daily dangers to human life is greater than it is In Lebanon.
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