Now they will save millions more. When cuts must be made. they must be made in ways that will not cause children to die or to suffer. The refugee provisions of H.R. 1561. Mr. Chairman. likewise will prevent United States tax dollars from being used to forcibly return Vietnamese and Laotians back to those countries. and we are talking about people who worked and fought side by side with American forces. These provisions will also protect people who can show that they are fleeing forced abortions or forced sterilizations or they have actually been subjected to such pressures. such as the 13 women who are now being held in Bakersfield. CA. most of them victims of forced abortion or forced sterilizations. all of them about to be forced back to the Peoples Republic of China. H.R. 1561 would also require periodic reports to Congress on what Fidel Castro is doing to enforce his end of the ClintonCastro immigration deal of 1994. and on how people are treated who are returned to Cuba pursuant to the second ClintonCastro immigration deal of May 1995. Finally. the bill provides an important structural reformthe consolidation of human rights advocacy and refugee protection under a single State Department official reporting directly to the Secretarythat will guarantee these decisions a place at the table when important decisions are made. Mr. Chairman. despite the need for cuts in international broadcasting and other public diplomacy programs.
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