Interestingly. my colleagues and the authors of this bill will say those estimates are way too high. and they will say there will not be that many claimants. I point out to my colleagues that in an earlier version of the Senate bill. section 301(5)(B)(ii) of that bill specifically makes the point. "Since Fidel Castro captured power in 1959. through his personal despotism he has confiscated the properties of hundreds of thousands of Cubans who claim asylum in the United States as refugees because of political persecution." I do not argue with that statement at all. I endorse it. The point is you cannot on the one hand claim there will be very few people come forward and simultaneously point out about the hundreds of thousands of people who have legitimate claims against the Cuban Government. I stand by the figure of some 400.000 claims that may result from this change in law. However. my colleague from North Carolina and supporters now seem to have had a change of heart. as I pointed out. and assert that the number of claims will be minuscule. Their message to us "we did not mean it when we said the Cuban Government confiscated the properties of hundreds of thousands of Cuban immigrants. Do not worry about the legislation burdening U.S. courts." I suggest that is a highrisk position to take in light of the tremendous costs we could be inflicting on ourselves as a result of this legislation. Mr.
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