I suppose it is a mark of how long he has been working on this that El Salvador was a hot country at the time in terms of these problems. The bill has been expanded. We expanded it several years ago in the Judiciary Committee to also include Nicaraguans when the situation in that country began to be comparable in terms of the degree of strife and danger within. Then the gentlewoman from California came forward on behalf of the Chinese students. The gentleman from Connecticut then in his capacity. as chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. has done an excellent job of melding several important concepts together. I think we ought to be very clear on this. People have said that Congress is once again legislating ad hoc.
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