It was extended in the fiscal year 1991 Foreign Aid Appropriations Act and in the fiscal year 1992 Foreign Aid Appropriations Act. Mr. President. this provision has no impact on the number of refugees entering the United States annually. We are not going to allow any more as a result of this amendment. The number of refugees we accept is determined annually through a consultation process between the administration and the Congress. What this provision does is simply facilitate the refugee designation. It facilitates their ability to come to this country and get out of the realm in which they live. persecution and harassment. This amendment has been endorsed by several organizations: The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. the Council of Jewish Federations. the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. and the Union of Councils of Soviet Jewry. It has been endorsed by the United States Catholic Conference and the Ukrainian National Association. It has also been endorsed by the Institute on Religion and Democracy and the Baptist Joint Committee on behalf of the Alliance of Baptists. the American Baptist Churches in the USA.
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