I believe this to be a good amendment. and I support it. I agree that it should be part of the bill. With the unsettled situation in Russia. the Ukraine. and other parts of the former Soviet Union. this is not the time to change the rules to make it harder for Jewish residents to qualify for refugee status. The same continues to be true for Vietnam and other parts of Indochina. No one is denied refugee admission to the United States because of this bill. Rather it states the obvious. Certain groups deserve special recognition for refugee purposes. In the Russian area. you have the question of antiSemitism. In my own experience. having lived in that part of the world. antiSemitism in Slav countries is more prevalent than it is in other parts of the world.
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Anti-Semitism in Slav countries is more prevalent than in other parts of the world.