In just as ominous a sign is the Russian Duma voting overwhelmingly to condemn the 1991 decision to break up the Soviet Union. We all know the public policy cannot be altered quickly enough to meet the challenges in the suddenly changing world. What would opponents of this amendment suggest if a new regime in Moscow sanctions discrimination against its minorities. that we ask Russias new leaders to wait until we repeal our refugee ceiling before they persecute Jews or evangelical Christians or other minorities. Mr. Chairman. if we had a refugee policy that was engineered to meet the needs of persecuted peoples in 1939. there would not have been the tragic ending of the voyage of the St. Louis. where hundreds of Jewish passengers died in concentration camps after they were excluded from entering the United States. Refugee policy is not any social or economic concern. It is a question of morality. Accordingly.
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