S. 296. and support it. That is one of the things that I think is so very important. I would also say to my colleagues that during Desert Storm many of the Filipinos who served in Desert Storm had not served for 12 years. but they enlisted as Filipinos. gave up their rights as Filipinos. and yet even though they fought and died in the Persian Gulf war. their families would have been deported from the United States. On January 22. my colleague. the gentleman from California . and I wrote a letter to President Bush asking him to issue an Executive order on this matter. Later in the year we had 37 Members from both sides of the aisle sign the following letter asking that Filipinos could become citizens if a time of hostility was declared by the President. and I would urge the President to take that action as well.
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