Mr. Speaker. as many of you know. my first contact with Ireland came In the early 1950s when I served as a vice consul of the U.S. Foreign Service in Dublin. I then returned In 1978. as the ranking minority member of the Immigration Subcommittee. to investigate reports of visa denials to British subjects of Irish descent by United States consular posts in London. Dublin. and Belfast. That Judiciary Committee trip forever changed my outlook on Northern Ireland. Despite the thorough briefings we had on the situation prior to our departure. we were totally unprepared for what we saw during our 4 days there.
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