Mr. Speaker. today the House will be asked to approve H.R. 3506 to provide a 3year exemption from the immigration laws for people from El Salvador. Nicaragua. and mainland China. While I am supportive of the need for a Federal policy that protects refugees from deportation. I cannot support this bill. which proposes a return to an ad hoc nationspecific refugee approach that is inherently unfair because it is piecemeal. I strongly support the Chinese people in their struggle to break the bonds of oppression. but I believe H.R. 3506 is premature. Chinese individuals here in the United States are currently protected until June 1990.
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