Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon. and I said this is something to be dealt with directly. At that time. a number of legal scholars in the field of international law raised questions concerning the propriety under international law of restricting the rights of persons to leave the country of which they are a citizen. We took this seriously. as we were required to. and put off the legislation until we could satisfy ourselvesand the critics who had offered good faith comments--that we were doing something that would pass muster as not restricting the right of emigration. This bill does that. in our judgment. and does it very well indeed. One might think this is a small measure. and perhaps some have suggested it was.
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