John Adams once said. "Facts are stubborn things." When you look at the facts. it is clear that American policy toward Israel and toward the international Jewish community as a whole has been very inconsistent. Let us look at some of the facts. It is a fact that for years the United States has put political pressure on the former Soviet Union to let Jews emigrate from their Communist oppressors. Past administrations. Republican and Democrat alike. as well as the Congress have spent much time and effort encouraging Soviet leadership. encouraging them. asking them and. yes. sometimes threatening the Soviet leadership until their immigration policy was dramatically changed toward Jews. We have a moral obligation today to these people. Jewish families are still leaving the Soviet Union in large numbers. and while the limit of immigrants to our country is quite limited. Jews are fleeing to Israel. their homeland. by the hundreds of thousands to escape antiSemitism in former Soviet countries. There is a way for us to help these people without it costing us a nickel and. yes. as the gentleman from Utah just a few minutes ago suggested. a way that will benefit our country as well.
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