Mr. Speaker. as Is so often the case. events beyond the control of our Government are dictating United States policy. And In the case of Immigration. recent events in the Soviet Union have refocused our attention on an area which has been contentious and divisive since the earliest days of our republic. After decades of steady pressure from presidents and congresses of both parties. synagogues and churches. religious and human rights organizations. foreign governments and thousands of ordinary citizens. the Soviet Union Is finally beginning to allow Jews and Pentecostal Christians to emigrate. As a refugee from tyranny. I know first hand what America means as a haven from persecution. whether religious. economic. or political in nature. And we must all realize that continued. controlled immigration Is not only part of the core of our shared values. but also good for us as a Nation. Immigrants from every corner of the globe have immeasurably enriched us as a Nation. and our boundless wealth means that those of us who came earlier have a responsibility to those who now hope to join us. While the Soviet Union has seen a liberalization and a decrease in official antiSemitism. Soviet Jews are still a persecuted minoity.
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