President. this confirms the very serious concerns I have always had about the program. According to the article. INS memorandums and other communications describe the fraud and abuse in the program which. after only 2 years. became a rubber stamp for admission to the United States as a refugee of almost any person in the former Soviet Union who "claimed" or asserted to be a Jew or Pentecostal or persecuted Evangelical. Christian or other category. The startling part of it is. the article notes. by 1993 only about onehalf of 1 percent of those entering the United States as refugees under the Lautenberg amendment actually have a wellfounded fear of persecution on account of their religion. The problem is if the INS had the audacity. or perhaps the gumption. to deny even a small percentage of the applicants. the "groups." the interest groups would continue to demand an ever more lenient consideration of these socalled refugee claims. The result of these demands is that we see a lower standard being applied to applicants for this very special program. Mr. President. many of the persons being admitted under this amendment are excellent immigrants. They bring diversity to our immigrant flow. many are well educated. and will be productive members of our society. We all like to hear that. I do. too.
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